I just got myself a K-5 (the original model). I've been wanting one for a while. The $740 price is quite a steal for this camera, I think.
I'm interested in how to get the most out of its great sensor - both at the time of shooting, and later in Lightroom. Having spent the last few years shooting medium format film, I'm a little rusty with DSLRs (though I've owned a K-x, K20D, and K100D in the past). So I'd appreciate some tips ...
1) Pulling shadow detail for maximum DR. From reading others' posts, it seems there's a lot of extra shadow detail contained in the K-5 RAW files. A common approach to maximize DR seems to be shooting at the lowest ISO possible (80 preferably), underexposing a bit, and then bringing the shadows back in processing. Is that as simple as giving the RAW image more "Fill light" in Lightroom - or are there special tricks to this? Share your techniques
2) Taking good advantage of the high ISO. With the K-x, overexposing in-camera to about +1 EV was a good rule of thumb to get ISO 6400 files with little perceptible noise. Is that more or less the same on the K-5?
Thanks!
Last edited by Dubesor; 02-02-2013 at 07:01 PM.