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More Riding · 10:05 PM

Its not the favorite genre of photos for pentaxians...

But here's a few more winter photos from California

Taken with K-7, 16-50mm and 200mm F2.8

Gaelen · 02-09-2010, 10:30 PM

I love #1 well done

Mystic · 02-10-2010, 03:05 AM

I liked the first and the last

fractal · 02-10-2010, 04:06 AM

Us Pentaxians are into anything. First shot is great Christopher.

Thanks for sharing.

**Sailor** · 02-10-2010, 06:56 AM

Hey Chris - these are all terrific, particularly number 1.

Jer

cwood · 02-10-2010, 10:11 AM

Thanks everyone.

They went over pretty well with everyone at the event. One of the sponsors picked up 6 of these on a commercial copyright and a major magazine picked up one... on top of all the individual sales to athletes. So it was a pretty successful day of shooting.

I was shooting the k-7 all day on AF-C and I was getting about 90% keepers

paulyrichard · 02-10-2010, 10:23 AM

Wow Kunik, you got this subject nailed with these images. Great work.

Its a shame about the clipped highlights though. Its one of the reasons I haven't bothered upgrading my K20D with the K7. I've read that the K7's dynamic range is about a stop less than the K20D.
What are your views on this?

cwood · 02-10-2010, 10:40 AM

Originally posted by paulyrichard

I've read that the K7's dynamic range is about a stop less than the K20D.
What are your views on this?

Its funny I haven't "read" anything about K-7 in a long time so I had not heard that from anyone until now... but it sounds about right from what I've noticed.

Its one of the reasons I was hesitant to take it to weddings when I first got it. The images from this camera are unlike anything else I've ever shot in so many ways its hard to nail down all of the specific characteristics. But it seems to have much higher inherent contrast than my Canon 1D or my K20 which is probably where the clipping comes in. I often reduce the contrast on the images slightly which also saves a bit of DR when working from RAW. The bottom line though - is that my workflow with images from k-7 is entirely different than my workflow from my other cameras

These images did not get the same love and attention as the photos I sold... these were just quickly uploaded to some local riding forums for advertising. Those guys don't notice things like clipped highlights

For a lot of sports work I really like this look but for my studio work I have stayed with K20D.

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02-09-2010, 10:30 PM	#2
Gaelen Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Coquitlam, BC, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 749	I love #1 well done

02-10-2010, 03:05 AM	#3
Mystic Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Lithuania Photos: Gallery Posts: 490	I liked the first and the last

02-10-2010, 04:06 AM	#4
fractal Inactive Account Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Melbourne Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,547	Us Pentaxians are into anything. First shot is great Christopher. Thanks for sharing.

02-10-2010, 06:56 AM	#5
Sailor Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Coastal Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 26,205	Hey Chris - these are all terrific, particularly number 1. Jer

02-10-2010, 10:11 AM	#6
cwood Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: California Posts: 851 Original Poster	Thanks everyone. They went over pretty well with everyone at the event. One of the sponsors picked up 6 of these on a commercial copyright and a major magazine picked up one... on top of all the individual sales to athletes. So it was a pretty successful day of shooting. I was shooting the k-7 all day on AF-C and I was getting about 90% keepers

02-10-2010, 10:23 AM	#7
paulyrichard Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: London, UK Posts: 871	Wow Kunik, you got this subject nailed with these images. Great work. Its a shame about the clipped highlights though. Its one of the reasons I haven't bothered upgrading my K20D with the K7. I've read that the K7's dynamic range is about a stop less than the K20D. What are your views on this?

02-10-2010, 10:40 AM	#8
cwood Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: California Posts: 851 Original Poster	Originally posted by paulyrichard I've read that the K7's dynamic range is about a stop less than the K20D. What are your views on this? Its funny I haven't "read" anything about K-7 in a long time so I had not heard that from anyone until now... but it sounds about right from what I've noticed. Its one of the reasons I was hesitant to take it to weddings when I first got it. The images from this camera are unlike anything else I've ever shot in so many ways its hard to nail down all of the specific characteristics. But it seems to have much higher inherent contrast than my Canon 1D or my K20 which is probably where the clipping comes in. I often reduce the contrast on the images slightly which also saves a bit of DR when working from RAW. The bottom line though - is that my workflow with images from k-7 is entirely different than my workflow from my other cameras These images did not get the same love and attention as the photos I sold... these were just quickly uploaded to some local riding forums for advertising. Those guys don't notice things like clipped highlights For a lot of sports work I really like this look but for my studio work I have stayed with K20D.