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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-26-2012, 01:07 AM
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RAW (dng, Adobe RGB) for all my shots, imported to Lightroom for tweaking to taste then exported as sRGB jpeg’s for screen viewing.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-26-2012, 12:51 AM
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Love the quality of the grip if not the price, but I put that to the back of my mind now. I always have the grip fitted for the greatly improved handling and extended power. I spend lengthy periods away from a charger on a sailing yacht so the AA tray is very useful.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
04-25-2012, 12:40 AM
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Lightroom 3.6 for 95% of my post-production and Photoshop for any detail work or cloning needed. Once I had climbed the steep Lightroom workflow learning curve I found it quick, easy and effective to use for all of my RAW work until the shots are exported as jpeg's. Then for viewing the exported jpeg's I now use the Faststone Image Viewer after many years of using ThumbsPlus. I will probably buy Lightroom 4 shortly as some of the new features will be useful. :D
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
03-08-2012, 02:12 AM
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Despite all you read in the forums, I have owned my K-5 for 15 months, taken 10,000 photographs, many at sea receiving while receiving rough treatment on a sailing yacht, without a glitch. I would not hesitate to buy another K-5 particularly as the price has dropped £300 since I bought mine!
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
03-07-2012, 06:07 AM
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Nice to hear positive points being made about Pentax dSLR's for a change. The ruggedness of the K-5 was one of the prime reasons for my purchase. I crew on sailing/racing yachts so cameras get bashed around in heavy seas or strong winds and salt spray gets everywhere. Not a problem for my K-5 and DA18-55 WR combo, just clean off the lens filter now and then. Shame the DA 55-300 is not a WR though.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
02-28-2011, 12:30 PM
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I have been a keen amateur photographer for 40+ years with a little semi-pro work on occasions. Generally, I have favoured Pentax cameras after moving from Praktica’s and still own MX and K1000 bodies. In my life before children I had my own colour darkroom but converted to the digital medium in 2001.
I recently replaced my trusty K10D (should have kept it as a 2nd body) with a K-5, a camera I have been most impressed with, particularly its mid-high ISO, low noise performance. I have a fair selection of old SMC Pentax K-M prime lenses and a couple of modern DA zooms, 18-55 & 55-300mm.
Recently I have started taking sports photographs for my son’s rugby club therefore I’m now saving for a high quality, fast telephoto zoom to replace my SMC Pentax A* f4 300mm prime and DA 55-300mm zoom.
Cheers
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