K5 Changing The Way I Shoot

[Ron Kruger]

No, I'm not becoming a high-ISO snapshooter. But I am finding the ISO button a great feature. My approach still is to shoot at the lowest ISO possible for maximum IQ. I still plan for, chase and wait for good light. My first considerations for a shot is the adaquate shutter speed and the apature that gives me the effect I want, so I still shoot in AV mode most of the time. ISO is still the last thing I push, but the K5 gives me about two stops of acceptable quality over my K20D and three over my K10D, and I find the ISO button on the K5 very handy. If the light fades below the acceptable shutter speed/apature combination I want, it is a simple and quick process to press the ISO button with my thumb and make one or two or three (starting from ISO 80) clicks with my index finger on the front wheel, while watching the shutter speed advance to an acceptable level, while retaining a constant apature.

[blackcloudbrew]

Yep, I would have to agree with all of that, I'm not up to putting it as eloquent as you just did but that's exactly what I'm loving about the K5.

[Pacerr]

K5 Changing The Way I Shoot

Thank heavens for that. I sure got tired a waitin' on you to reload the flash powder and duck back under that black rag thingy. 

Oh, an' I finally found that brown paper bag you was carryin' yur Brownie around in, although I still think ya ought'a cut the top out'a a milk jug for it -- be more weather resistent, don'cha know.

[Ron Kruger]

I've become much more advanced and automated since then, Hank. After all, why go though all that thinking, calculating and planning when you can just use this.

[blackcloudbrew]

Great camera, it's electronic, provides instant (ok almost instant) image review, has and external flash, and is auto focusing. Hey, that's just like my K5!

[Ron Kruger]

Yes, and if you'll look closely, you'll notice it also has a built-in "Light Management System." Almost anyone could be a pro with this, know what I mean?

[Pacerr]

Wa'zat thang?

At least the "editors" can't accuse ya of tinkerin' with the 'pitchur' too much with that thang I guess. But ya gotta stop draggin' that expensive pro gear into the forum an' expectin' me to recognize it right off without extensive research.

. . . all that thinking, calculating and planning . . .

Oh, yeah, an' I thought you recommended "schemin', skull drudgery and deception" as the way to get published; as well as buyin' into gear ya could find at the Salvation Army thrift store. Come to think on it, ya still want that ol' Pentax Optio P&S I offered ya for $2 after ya sold your next pix?

[I confess: I have a hard time gettin' past ASA, shutter speed an' aperture so I'm not a good judge of that "pro" stuff" like artificial lightin'.  
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OK, before anyone gets excited here, know that Ron an' I have spent pleasant evenings together over both campfires an' home cookin' an' this is all just "ready-room tag", you're IT!" and we're (ehh, more or less) even -- even if he does claim to be a "pro".  (Shh! He might be, but don't carry on about it. He easily gets delusions of grandeur if he hears ya say it. They're so sensitive ya know, those artists.)

[davidhampshire]

oh i love polaroids  !   

[Frogfish]

Couldn't agree more re. the K5's high ISO capability.  I'll always use ISO 80 (if this ol' memory kicks into gear in time) if possible but it's great to know that I can shoot at much higher levels, if I need to get that shutter speed up, and still get virtually noise-free images with good DR.