On Dec 20, 2012, at 2:44 PM, Walt wrote: > > As I said in my series of gripes on Facebook, if I were just starting out in > photography today, I'd be a Canon shooter. There's just no way in hell I > would have bought a camera that I could hold in my hands and walk out the > door with right there on the spot. > > The hell of it is, I keep seeing all these great deals on Canon and Nikon > bodies in classifieds (e.g., a lightly used 7D for $850) and but for my > complete lack of compatible glass, I'd be sorely tempted to change systems. I > simply can't afford the investment. So, for the time being, barring some > manner of financial windfall, I remain a Pentaxian.
When Julie saw the picture I posted of her and Ziggy, she asked about what settings I used, "because the room was pretty dark". She doesn't like to shoot with her Canon 5DmkII beyond ISO 3200. I don't like to shoot with my K-5 beyond 8,000, but will push it to 16,000. Even with my K-x I'd shoot without (much) hesitation at 6400. Up until not too long ago the 5DmkII was selling for pretty close to twice what I paid for my K-5, and what? five or six times what I paid for my K-x, either of which will handily out perform it in a poorly lit room. The 5DmkIII will perform on a par, or better than a K-5 in low light, so long as you don't need image stabilization, but it's going for $2,600, twice what a K5-IIs is going for, and about 3.5 times what a K-5 is selling for new. A friend of mine just bought a D600, and isn't real thrilled with it. Last I heard he was talking about returning it and sticking with his G5. -- 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.
