On Dec 3, 2012, at 6:39 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Nice shot. The k7 autofocus was comparable to that of the K5, so it sounds > like your k5 II is considerably better then either. The engineering emphasis > was reportedly on low light focusing, so your experience is in sync with > that. Looking forward to your take on daylight autofocus.
This is good news. I was photographing some dancers at Dickens Fair yesterday, and while it didn't seem like low light to me, I was having a tough time with focus. The dances were waltz, polka and other victorian dances where they dancers move a lot more, and faster, than they do in blues, lindy, or most of the time in tango. The improved autofocus in the IIs would be even better news if I could afford one. > > Paul > On Dec 3, 2012, at 9:32 PM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> I've got a chance of shooting with the new K-5 IIs over the weekend >> at a tango festival. This means two things: low light and motion. >> >> I am impressed! >> I haven't tried Nikon D800 or D4, but I would truly compare the >> experience to that I had with D700 in 2010 in a similar setting. >> Since it's been more than 1.5 years ago, I don't remember all the >> details, so, I am not sure if the AF performance was comparable >> or had more missed shots. >> >> One can say that D700 is more than 2 years old. >> It is quite possible that D800 (and quite likely D4) exceeds K-5 IIs >> in the capabilities, but those are in a different category price-wise >> and size/weight-wise. My impression is that the image quality (noise, DR etc.) of the D800 is about the same as the D700, it just has a lot better resolution. >> >> I haven't tried the original K-5, so, I cannot compare the AF >> performance. But, the AF is greatly improved compared to K-7. >> And the low light performance is definitely greatly improved over K-7. >> ISO-3200 is good (exceeds ISO-1600 and almost close to ISO-800 of K-7), >> ISO-6400 is usable, and even ISO-12800 is acceptable at the level >> which is probably better than ISO-3200 of K-7. >> >> Here is just one example at ISO-3200: >> http://42graphy.org/misc/tango_IR00058.jpg >> (slight LR processing, including very slight NR). Excellent shot. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Igor >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
