First outing with K-5 (8 photos) Part-1

DLBlack · Feb 8, 2011

After a few days photographing stuff (mostly cats) around the house just to see how the camera performs.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036&message=37618287

The camera seems to perform very good at least around the house. So a day after an rain/ice/snow stop I made the hour drive up to Spring Mill State Park. I was hoping for some ice photos but all they had was just a dusting of snow. When I drove down to the bridge over the small lake I did see a bunch of birds. So why not put the DA*300 on the K-5 and see how the camera does on bird photos.

The sun was just coming up over the hillside. The temperature was 12F degrees and there was a mist coming off the lake. It was fun just being there. No to see how the camera does.

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Photo 2:

Photo 3:

Photo 4:

Photo 5:

Photo 6:

Photo 7:

Photo 8:

It was a fun morning and time for lunch at the State Park Lodge. Then east to where I hope to see some sandhill cranes (see part 2).

Thanks for taking the time to look. Comments are always welcome. If interested more photos are on my Flickr gallery at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24685925@N08/sets/72157625880567089/with/5428035431/

Dave
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tcom · Feb 8, 2011

Thank you for sharing this very nice series.

Congratulations on your K-5, Dave. You will see, it is a superb camera, great dynamic range at low iso, a very good high iso capabilities.
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rsatter · Feb 8, 2011

Great shots Dave, thanks for posting. I'm sure you'll enjoy your new K5.

I really enjoy the first picture in particular.

-Rian

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brandrx · Feb 8, 2011

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Lee Beasley · Feb 8, 2011

They're all excellent, but photos #4 and #6 are truly beautiful.

ozdean · Feb 8, 2011

Looking good Dave - I like the nice natural colour tone.
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DLBlack · Feb 9, 2011

tcom said:
Thank you for sharing this very nice series.

Thanks for looking and taking the time to comment.

tcom said:
Congratulations on your K-5, Dave. You will see, it is a superb camera, great dynamic range at low iso, a very good high iso capabilities.

Yes, I am already seeing that I live the increase in dynamic range.

Dave
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DLBlack · Feb 9, 2011

rsatter said:
Great shots Dave, thanks for posting. I'm sure you'll enjoy your new K5.

I am really enjoying the K-5. So far I like the increase in DR and the improvement in SR. It seems to stay active as long as the metering is active so there is not that spooling up time.

rsatter said:
I really enjoy the first picture in particular.

Thnaks for the kind comment.

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DLBlack · Feb 9, 2011

Thanks!!

brandrx said:
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Ron - 'We don't have time to go take pics this afternoon Carl.'
Carl - 'What do you mean? It will only take 1/1000s.'

'Keep your eyes looking forward. However, glance back now and then to see where you've come from. It will put a smile on your face.' ~ brandrx

Dave
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DLBlack · Feb 9, 2011

Thanks for looking and commenting. My favorite from this bunch is #6.

Lee Beasley said:
They're all excellent, but photos #4 and #6 are truly beautiful.

Dave
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DLBlack · Feb 9, 2011

ozdean said:
Looking good Dave - I like the nice natural colour tone.

Thanks for looking and commenting. The colour tone is better from the K-5. It might have to do with the increase DR and the extra bits (14 bit) of information.

Anyhow, I do love the IQ from the K-5.

Dave
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Gerry Winterbourne · Feb 9, 2011

Dave - these shots look almost as if you'd set out to showcase the wide DR on your K-5. It's a nice set regardless of that, though. #6 is my favourite.

PS - I like the cranes too.

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christopherbarran · Feb 9, 2011

Great shots

These inspire me to go out and shoot with my K-5 more. As it is I admire it on the bookshelf more than I shoot with it

DLBlack said:
After a few days photographing stuff (mostly cats) around the house just to see how the camera performs.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036&message=37618287

The camera seems to perform very good at least around the house. So a day after an rain/ice/snow stop I made the hour drive up to Spring Mill State Park. I was hoping for some ice photos but all they had was just a dusting of snow. When I drove down to the bridge over the small lake I did see a bunch of birds. So why not put the DA*300 on the K-5 and see how the camera does on bird photos.

The sun was just coming up over the hillside. The temperature was 12F degrees and there was a mist coming off the lake. It was fun just being there. No to see how the camera does.

Photo 1:

Photo 2:

Photo 3:

Photo 4:

Photo 5:

Photo 6:

Photo 7:

Photo 8:

It was a fun morning and time for lunch at the State Park Lodge. Then east to where I hope to see some sandhill cranes (see part 2).

Thanks for taking the time to look. Comments are always welcome. If interested more photos are on my Flickr gallery at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24685925@N08/sets/72157625880567089/with/5428035431/

Dave
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Christopher
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Uloo · Feb 9, 2011

This is beautiful Dave !

Johan Josefsson · Feb 9, 2011

Nice shots, seems like the K-5 and DA300 is a great combination. Did you have the K-7 earlier?

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Stefan Carey · Feb 9, 2011

Some excellent work there, thanks for posting. You have captured the mood of the lake really well.

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DLBlack · Feb 9, 2011

Gerry Winterbourne said:
Dave - these shots look almost as if you'd set out to showcase the wide DR on your K-5. It's a nice set regardless of that, though. #6 is my favourite.

Thanks for taking the time to look and comment.

It is always difficult getting these birds under direct sunlight, even if it was just after daybreak. It seems like all the dslr cameras I had before I would also had to underexpose to keep from cliping the highlights on the birds. With the K-5 it handled the range of lighting in this case really good. I am going to enjoy this camera.

Gerry Winterbourne said:
PS - I like the cranes too.

Thanks!!

Seeing the sandhill cranes was an real fun exprience. I hoipe to get back there before they all fly north.

Dave
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DLBlack · Feb 9, 2011

christopherbarran said:
Great shots

Thanks for the kind comment.

christopherbarran said:
These inspire me to go out and shoot with my K-5 more. As it is I admire it on the bookshelf more than I shoot with it

Seeing the camera on the bookshelf should be enough inspration to go out and take a few photos.

Dave
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DLBlack · Feb 9, 2011

Uloo said:
This is beautiful Dave !

Thanks for the kind comment.

We need to meet up again for some waterfall shots.

Dave
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DLBlack · Feb 9, 2011

Johan Josefsson said:
Nice shots, seems like the K-5 and DA300 is a great combination. Did you have the K-7 earlier?

Thanks for the kind comments. The K-5 and the DA*300 is a nice combination.

Yes, I had the K-7 before I got the K-5. I had the K-7 for 18 plus months and have over 20,000 shots from it. With the K-5 and K-7 sharing the same body it was easy to just go out and start using the camera. The handling and the butttons all seems to be in the right place. When I upgrade from the K20D to the K-7 it took a while for me to get use to the button placement.

Dave
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