Excellent link Shaun, very interesting video.

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David

Is that my old lens Robbie? I think it must be. I took some flower images with the lens, including the one below and I think it is well suited to this task. It has lovely way with colours that can be seen in your shot above.




Hope I haven't hijacked your thread but I thought you'd like to see one shot with your lens!

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David

Hello Jules, nice to see you back on the site! I'm not sure if the K-5II has any advantage over the K-5 mk1 when it comes to landscapes, as the IQ is identical; only the focussing and rear screen are better on the K-5II and neither of these have much impact on landscape photography.

The K-5IIS on the other hand is a different kettle of fish. It is a magnificent camera and I would highly recommend it for landscapes. Despite early reports, it is clear when you have owned and used this camera for an extended period (as I have) that it is better than the standard K-5 for image quality. I also have a K-5 mk1 and continue to use this for landscape work, but the IIs is the one I turn to first.

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David

Hello Alan, thanks for the nice comment. Regards updates, time is against me as I work all week until late into the evening, so the next opportunity will be Saturday, but we are away most of that day so it could even be Sunday before I get a chance to have another go. By then they might have fledged?

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David

I'm a big fan of shooting with a wide aperture Sally. As Alan has said, this blurs the background and the longer the focal length the more pronounced this becomes.

Don't worry about the colour cast as it's easy to remove, again as Alan has pointed out.

With the K-5, you can shoot at ISO 1600 with very little noise and even ISO 3200 looks good. If you're worried about reducing noise in post processing on RAW files, shoot in JPEG and then the camera will apply a level of noise reduction. Also, if you do shoot in RAW, the noise reduction that is included in the Pentax software (PDCU4) is pretty good.

I would also try some different / unusual angles, like getting down really low for example. On my photography trips out, I'm quite well known for laying down on the floor!

Hope this is of some use.

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David

Well done Dave, what a great use for the 'Q'. Looking forward to seeing some more!

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David

Thank you guys for your kind comments, it is much appreciated.

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David

They are excellent Barrie, you should be very proud of them.

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David

Hi Mike, I don't have a link to a larger size as this image is only posted on the PU Gallery. I'm not sure of the reason for the noise in your shots, maybe the light levels were really low in comparison to what I was working with?

Did you shoot in RAW or JPEG? Mine was shot in JPEG as it was a wedding and speed of processing is important, so the camera will have been applying a small amount of NR as the shots were taken.

Other than that, I'm not sure but someone else on here will probably have some suggestions.

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David

I've used both the K-5 and K-5iis a lot in low light and both have performed superbly, except for some focussing issues with the K-5, now mostly sorted out now it's calibrated correctly.

See example image at ISO 1600, there hasn't been any noise reduction applied in post processing to this one:




There are numerous others at ISO 3200 that are also pretty noise-free.

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David