Studio Setup

Hi,

Do you think Pentax will be bringing a K30d or similar out? As the K7 is far too small for me and dont want to be stuck with lots of expensive lenses and no decent body to put them on (i dont want to keep buying second hand bodies for studio work)

the k20d I think is all your going to need for the next 5 to 10 years unless you are going to print big and i do mean big

shoot raw and i think you can go as big as billboard ??

but I'm happy with a2 as my max at this moment in time

I'm saving for the pentax 645d witch is around £5000.00

you said you come from Olympus and was not happy with the iso noise. What sort of studio work are you going to do??? I will only shoot 100 iso in the studio and it's pin sharp on any lens i put on my camera.

Interested in your studio work ?????

I have had interfit and still use them for home shoots and my other strobes are to big to lug around.

where will you be working from, Home/studio ?

James

Hi James,

I didnt mean the iso noise in studio. I meant in other things i shoot (some landscapes)

I know the K20d would last me for the next 10yrs , i mean if the camera broke down and i couldnt get hold of another pentax k20d , then what? as it seems pentax along with others are going more towards the normal consumer than the pro

Matt

K7 with grip is almost just as large as a K10D/K20D with a grip so I don't see a problem Matt, just try it out I would say.

Have you held one yet?

even if the k20 breaks down i think you will still find parts, replacements and the odd second, third hand camera's around but if you are thinking like that the k7 will be out dated in 6 months time.

james

Thinking more about the size of the K-7: The right-hand grip is not small and you have your left hand on the lens, so why does it matter that the camera is small? Because it doesn't look professional enough?

Wow , alot of annoyance at my opinion on the K7. yes ive held one , actually ive held 2 for more than an hour at a time and didnt like the feel at all. Its alot smaller than the K20d (check the measurements) and feels alot different.

I think you're right, not only is the K7 physically smaller than the K20 or K10, it feels as if it is a lot smaller (if you see what I mean). It's one of the reasons I like it (even though I can't afford one). Just my preference.

Annoyance isn't the word, just sharing our experience and thoughts about the matter I don't see why you would feel annoyed by that are why we should feel annoyed by yours?

Pentax will probably keep on aiming at producing smaller cameras since that make them different from the rest at the moment so no don't expect something near the size of the K10D/K20D soon.

I've never found this to be a problem with studio lighting as you can normally set the aperture higher than the lenses minimum unless you are deliberately trying to limit depth of field - so if you are on a budget it may not be too much of a hindrance.

Not annoyance, just concern that you might be making a mistake. I didn't like the feel of the K-7 at first and when thinking about it, but now actually using one and not thinking about it, I don't notice any discomfort.

Anyway, fair enough if you've made up your mind that you don't like it. I'm sure you'd be happy with a K20D instead. The K20D is still an excellent camera and I'd still be using mine if I hadn't have had such a generous birthday present.

Hey dont get me wrong. I have no doubt the K7 is a brilliant camera , but for my hands its a little small. As for it looking professional , i wouldnt care if it was bright pink and had yellow spots on it as long as it felt good. Looks like Pentax share the same open mind as me as they have brought the colourful K-x out hahaha

Also , what do you mean by fixing the exposure every time you zoom??

Fix exposure that's what Don wrote.

Your flash exposure have this formula:
GN = working distance x f-number

So if your F-number change during zooming you have the problem that your exposure isn't right any more so you need to keep an eye on that.

With a lens which has a constant aperture this of course is no problem at all so you can concentrate more on shooting if you wish.
It's just a little thing that makes life easier.

If you shoot mostly with f/8 in the studio then of course this no problem, but with f/4 then you would have a problem with the longer ends with most non constant zooms.

Hi,

Thanks for the explanation.

To get the whole face in depth of field you would use f8 or similar most of the time anyway wouldnt you?