Me too. And Peter, there is plenty of legacy tungsten light around here. They
will be phased out in Spain in 2014 or something like that, for now it is the
same as before. And of course "phased out" means that tungsten bulbs will no
longer be sold, so it will take some time after that before the majority of
indoor light is of another type.
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
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On Sep 26, 2011, at 4:07 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I fully understand the monetary argument. But I do wonder whether this
> lab test bears any resemblance to your own real-world situation.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 9/25/2011 6:06 PM, Peter Klein wrote:
>> I hear what some of you are saying re. the K-5, but I'm not convinced.
>> Sean Reid of ReidReviews.com (subscription site) noted the autofocus
>> problems, especially when shooting a dance performance. And there's this:
>>
>> <http://falklumo.blogspot.com/2011/03/lumolabs-pentax-k-5-low-light-focus.html>
>> which refers to this (very technical):
>> <http://www.falklumo.com/lumolabs/articles/k5focus/index.html>
>>
>> So it's not just a bunch of Internet buzz blaming Pentax, there is some
>> solid evidence. People in the E.U., such as Nathan, are probably
>> encountering less tungsten light. The E.U. is well into phasing out
>> tungsten bulbs, far ahead of us in the USA. And a friend of mine with a
>> K-5, which I tried briefly, noted the same issue.
>>
>> Given all that, I was not comfortable shelling out big bucks for the
>> beginnings of a new system that has an issue, exactly where I was
>> looking for an improvement over the M8. Especially since the lens I
>> wanted most, the 31/1.8, was quite expensive. If Pentax can fix the
>> issue with a firmware upgrade, I will reconsider. But it's possible that
>> the problem is hardware-related, and can only be fixed in the next
>> model. Only time will tell.
>>
>> So I decided to upgrade to the E-30. It will be relatively inexpensive
>> once I sell the E-510 to partially offset the cost. It matches what I
>> already own, but gives me a more usable viewfinder and a better
>> all-around camera. Since Oly is probably not going beyond the E-5 in 4/3
>> DSLRs with a mirror, the E-30 will probably keep more of its value for
>> the next year than the out-of-date consumer E-510. So I can probably
>> recoup much of the cost of the E-30 if things change re. Pentax, or if I
>> decide to bite the bullet and go with a D700 or 5D. But given current
>> realities, I thought an upgrade to what I already have made the most
>> sense. At least it keeps me in the Olympus fold. :-)
>>
>> --Peter
>>
>> On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:15:05 -0700 (PDT), Ken Norton wrote:
>>> Zone focus, spray and pray. Works for me.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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