Brilliant shots..so sharp.

Karlo

Very interesting article Andrew. I'm always interested to see how the old timers perform against their newer replacements. There is something re-assuring about Soviet era optics despite their limb breaking propensities...always excellent value for money. A Zenit-E was my first foray into 35mm...built like a T34 but it was surprisingly good..the standard 58mm lenses weren't bad at all...ideal for us hard up teenagers.

Regards,

Karlo

Some excellent shots there both of you.

Karlo

A really good set there..and I say this as someone with no interest in horsey things.

I particularly like 3 and 4..never realised that horses wore shin protectors!

Karlo

Perhaps Pentax have missed a marketing opportunity there

A second question which is loosely linked to my question above this one.

Why have Pentax decided not to include the superior DA 18-55 WR with hood as a kit lens with the K50? The supplied lightweight DAL 18-55WR just isn't as attractive an option. To buy the body only K50 (in black!) and then have to stump up about £90-£100
to buy a new copy of the DA 18-55 WR doesn't make financial sense for me (it might benefit Pentax!).

If I could buy the K50 in Olive with the superior 18-55 for £449...i'd order one tomorrow from SRS!!

Would Pentax consider making all future DSLRs available in Olive (drab) as a standard colour option? For a camera manufacturer that prides itself on its WR model range and given that many users are into wildlife/landscapes, 'black' as the only option is a bit uninspiring. I've got an 'Olive' K-x and would love to be able to buy a K-50 or K5II in Olive as standard. I can get the K50 in Olive but it seems to take weeks and
costs substantially more. I could understand it if I was requesting pink and mustard yellow as a standard option but come on...Olive is the 'new' black.

Can't comment directly on those particular cards but as screwdriver222 says it is as much about the camera you have as it is about the cards.

I use a K-x and have shot over a thousand times fast moving karts or planes..almost entirely on single not continuous shooting mode. I used to use a Fuji class 6 then got a Sandisk Ultra class 10. Shooting on the highest JPEG quality setting my file sizes per image are between 5-6MB. Using the Fuji class 6 I could only take about 3 shots within a 2 second interval before the camera stopped working whilst it saved to the card. Using the Sandisk Ultra class 10..it was very slightly better...or at least I perceived it to be so..I didn't actually time it..it could be wishful thinking ...but about 4 shots within 4-5 seconds before it cut out again. The other variable to consider is the batteries you use. I generally use Ansmann 1.2v NimH 2850mAh..i do wonder whether using Lithium AA might increase the shooting/saving performance.

I should imagine that if using a 20-24MP sensor and saving a file size per image of
12-15MB then you might benefit from a really fast card if shooting sport/ aircraft/ cars etc but most people most of the time probably don't need to pay extra for this level of performance and if you are shooting landscapes then probably a class 6 is perfectly adequate.

Just my thoughts.

Some great shots there Mike and at least you had the weather too..won't be able to say that for all the airshows this year. (Your linked shot with your Canon is superb.)

regards

Karlo

Nice shot... do you know her? I hope so!

Karlo