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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
06-18-2019, 10:25 PM
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>Hmmm.. but -2ev is something like moonlit scene...
You should get out and about and shoot some wildlife before opining. Seriously.
The K1 focuses at about -4ev. What that means is I can put on my 150-450 f5.6 lens and shoot at dusk and dawn. With my 500 f4.5 i can focus in conditions where i can't see what I'm photographing. It also means that i can shoot in the forest in the winter around here. -2ev means that i need to wait another half hour at dawn and miss that magic time when wildlife is very active. Winter here is very dark, and the high iso quality and autofocus allows me to shoot in the conditions. It also means that low contrast scenes get focus, dark subject against a dark background.
Do you know why people but 400 f2.8 lenses for $10k plus and needing a sherpa to pack it around? Because they can shoot at dawn and dusk and focus the thing. Better sensors and af modules mean lighter and less expensive lenses.
I have a friend who has a Parkinson's tremor and he shoots with the D500 and 300mm f4. The crazy thing will focus birds in flight while his hand is shaking. I know my K1 wouldn't work for him. I doubt if there are many systems that would.
Every system has advantages and disadvantages. 3/4 of the system are the lenses. I haven't shot with a quality mirrorless but i understand that I'd have to spend twice as much as i did on my K1 to get an equivalent vf and af experience.
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