Originally posted by pete-tarmigan Call me out of touch, but this is the first time I have heard of a "visual journalist".
The term is for a journalist working with stills and video. There are also other terms such as 'Multimedia Journalist' and "MOJO", which stands for MObile JOurnalist. As some of us are more than a photojournalist, we have these titles to reflect that.
Originally posted by kricha6431 you mention K-5, Does that include the K-5 ii and iis or just K-5 in general meaning all series under K-5
I'm only talking about the K-5.
Originally posted by pghwarrior23 I am curious what lens or lenses you used in these shots.
I used 12-24 and the 60-250 for the most part.
Originally posted by tuco #5. I guess the truck is the subject. Was the shutter speed too slow to cause what looks like OOF?
I was focused on the prime minister. As I was so close to the truck, the DOF was an issue, so I shot at f32 I think.
Originally posted by mickey Nice one, Albert.
Regarding photos 5 and 8, can you confirm what you were focusing on?
It's just that both the truck and female marching look out of focus unless you intentionally focusing on Abe in the background.
Same thing for image 8 of the women marching. I wanted as much in focus as I could.
Originally posted by LFLee Thanks for posting...
but not much of values as it is in
bright daylight! If K-3 can't focus real fast in this situation, better throw it away.
Really, Ricoh? whom do you give the model to test on? come on...
Perhaps not to you, but of a great deal of value to me as much of my work happens outdoors and I need good tracking. Ricoh decided they wanted a professional to test the camera, so they gave it to me to use while I'm on assignment.
Originally posted by rawr The EXIF is in there. Some of the shooting settings were a bit strange - eg f32 on images #5 (the Hummer clone) and #8 (the marching women), so that might explain some of the softness. The wide range of focal lengths (18-250) also suggests a super zoom was used.
It does explain the softness, but nothing strange about the shooting. I had to get as much in focus as I could and this is the best considering the physical and technical limitations of the situation. No superzoom was used. I don't actually own one, but would love to as it would be a blessing at times.
Originally posted by NewTake I agree, the lens used makes a big difference, in color, sharpness, and general 'look.' I am not sure that the shots were soft but I think in a few of them the focus was on the background vs the foreground where you might expect it. Hopefully intentional. It is important to note that this is going from a k-5. Those of us who own the k5 iis know the incredible resolution improvement of no AA filter and improved autofocus. I would like to see someone who owns the k5 iis do a comparison to see if it is worth an upgrade.
Indeed it was intentional. The main focus of the event for me was the prime minister's remarks and presence there. I'm not too interested in the lack of an AA filter as all of my work goes into print where the sharpness would be lost. While the AF on the K-5II is an improvement over the K-5, it's not that much better for anything other than low-light from my testing. It's only tracking that I'm interested in. The extra AF points really do make a nice difference.