That is a great shot and example of the high iso of the K-5. I wish my Nikon D2H at 400 was that good, but it is ancient technology at 7 years old.:-)That was one of my major nits with my D2H, among others, that the iso noise was not that great 400 and above.
Dave On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 6:01 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > I was photographing some friends playing in a bar tonight, and decided to see > how the K-5 would do with the 18-250. In order to shoot Livia at 250mmm, > 1/40 Sec and f/6.3 I had to crank the ISO up to 12,800. I'm fairly happy with > the photograph but close to ecstatic to see what the K-5 can do under these > conditions: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6007734165/in/set-72157627353833070/ > > If you're curious about the rest of the set: > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157627353833070/ > > I forgot my bag of light modifiers at home. I tried making a snoot for the > 540 out of a ricola bag, but it didn't work so well, so most of these are > ambient light. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

