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**Heinrich Lohmann** · 11-03-2012, 03:16 PM

Actually left the K5 at home and just took the Q with the standard lens. Here are some of the results, all taken at iso 800 and f:2 Most of them are heavily cropped, I took them all in horizontal orientation.

It won't replace the K5 but for the lighting conditions in a school gym it did a respectable job.

imtheguy · 11-03-2012, 03:48 PM

Thats great Q work under those conditions. I need lessons from you.

Docrwm · 11-03-2012, 04:04 PM

Knowing how poor the light is under those conditions I did not expect to see such nich shots. Very nice work with the Q.

panoguy · 11-03-2012, 04:32 PM

Great stuff, Heinrich.
Answers the longstanding question; "Is the K-5 any good for indoor sports?"

"Try the Q!"

NickLarsson · 11-04-2012, 10:39 AM

Good timing here

Unsinkable II · 11-05-2012, 07:14 AM

Nice shots. The noise has a nice grain to it. I suspect film photographers would have had to use very fast glass to get comparable results 15 years ago.

**Heinrich Lohmann** · 11-05-2012, 02:51 PM

Originally posted by imtheguy

Thats great Q work under those conditions. I need lessons from you.

Thank you Lee and no, you don't.

Originally posted by Docrwm

Knowing how poor the light is under those conditions I did not expect to see such nich shots. Very nice work with the Q.

Originally posted by panoguy

Great stuff, Heinrich.
Answers the longstanding question; "Is the K-5 any good for indoor sports?"

"Try the Q!"

Thank you and yes, isn't that the truth.

Originally posted by NickLarsson

Good timing here

Thank you.

Originally posted by Unsinkable II

Nice shots. The noise has a nice grain to it. I suspect film photographers would have had to use very fast glass to get comparable results 15 years ago.

Thank you, This is fast glass, all were shot at f:2. The difference would have been iso, Kodak Tri X B/W at 400 iso pushed to 800 iso would have had worse grain than this. For these images I used NIK for both NR and sharpening. I also did both NR and some sharpening in the raw converter of elements 11.

11-03-2012, 03:16 PM	#1
Heinrich Lohmann Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Airdrie, Alberta Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,097	Took the wife's Q to a volley ball tournament Actually left the K5 at home and just took the Q with the standard lens. Here are some of the results, all taken at iso 800 and f:2 Most of them are heavily cropped, I took them all in horizontal orientation. It won't replace the K5 but for the lighting conditions in a school gym it did a respectable job.

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panoguy Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Washington, D.C. Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,327	Great stuff, Heinrich. Answers the longstanding question; "Is the K-5 any good for indoor sports?" "Try the Q!"

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Unsinkable II Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 1,352	Nice shots. The noise has a nice grain to it. I suspect film photographers would have had to use very fast glass to get comparable results 15 years ago.

11-05-2012, 02:51 PM	#7
Heinrich Lohmann Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Airdrie, Alberta Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,097 Original Poster	Originally posted by imtheguy Thats great Q work under those conditions. I need lessons from you. Thank you Lee and no, you don't. Originally posted by Docrwm Knowing how poor the light is under those conditions I did not expect to see such nich shots. Very nice work with the Q. Originally posted by panoguy Great stuff, Heinrich. Answers the longstanding question; "Is the K-5 any good for indoor sports?" "Try the Q!" Thank you and yes, isn't that the truth. Originally posted by NickLarsson Good timing here Thank you. Originally posted by Unsinkable II Nice shots. The noise has a nice grain to it. I suspect film photographers would have had to use very fast glass to get comparable results 15 years ago. Thank you, This is fast glass, all were shot at f:2. The difference would have been iso, Kodak Tri X B/W at 400 iso pushed to 800 iso would have had worse grain than this. For these images I used NIK for both NR and sharpening. I also did both NR and some sharpening in the raw converter of elements 11.

Took the wife's Q to a volley ball tournament

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