well I've bought the K-5 and had it for three day but not had a chance to use it yet?

I have also bought a battery grip from ebay with two extra batteries all charged and with a 8g sd card in it

I am doing a village fair Saturday for charity four shots for a pound and the images are emailed

if nothing else I should get some clients for future work and emails for special offers.

the thing is I thing I will use my K20D as I have a gazebo as a studio (black) so I will only need two speedlight (soft box and a hair light)

the best thing about the village fair is it's only four hours

my wife roped me in to this but I did get the gazebo and a two meter sign out of it o'and 3,000 A5 new flyers

James

good, that's what I want.

I've seen the video on the AF and was impress but it's ISO I'm also interested as the dance school has changed venue's and the lighting is a lot different Darker and more coloured lighting so ISO 500 is not cutting it any more.

James

at last I'm driving down to SRS on monday to buy my K5

I can't wait really looking forward to it.

So by the end of July I will have 2 K20's for sale (looking to buy a nother K5) both K20's have extra battery's and battery grips


James

I am so appreciative for all the good and bad advice given on this subject and I know it's down to personal choice at the end of the day But I think I will go with Algernon advice (the 3 B's)


James

ken thank you so so much
I've watched it twice the man is still a legend


James

colin the link is not working ??

James

Thank you peter

my mind is not made up yet, still fishing.
what would you suggest

James

Lot of equipment upgrades this year

New printer Epson R2880 bought
Second dell 22 ultra sharp for the studio bought
New K5 buying next week

But more importantly a new computer for the studio, I am sick of working on a laptop as I'm having to do twice the work on a images when I get home as this is where the printer is and my main computer a old dell dimensions c521 and it's running xp with cs3

I will be taking the old dell to the studio and replacing the home computer with a new one

But witch one to go for ?????????????????



what do you think of this Computer

John what a wonderful post

But is it self-improvement or better equipment

For example have you updated your camera bought yourself a higher spec lens?

I know from experience in wedding photography I have improved enormously
In photography, controlling light, controlling people, more imaginative poses and better post processing.

BUT equipment and experience has walked hand in hand

Camera has stayed the same
Lenses have remained the same
I use two flashes (one hammer Metz cl45) one cannon speed light on a tx and rx with a 24” soft box and two or three reflectors and some flash filters (mainly green)

Post processing has been better aided with the addition of colormunki and a better monitor dell ultra sharp



All the above has stayed the same with the exception of the monitor and colormunki

I hope this makes sense

I would say with only a couple of equipment changes in the past twelve months technique and photography has improved but Pentax users have played a really big part in my improvement I could not have done it with out positive and negative comments

James

nice set mat

I love the palm house but I think the cactus flower is spot on

deep detail with the added contrast of the flower.

good set

James