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Long serving committee and honorary member Cat Humphries gives us the final instalment of her four part series of her photographic relationship with Pentax & Nikon. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Back Garden Busk and Decision Time<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lazy Sunday afternoon, there\u2019s no time to worry\u2026 I\u2019m sure there\u2019s a song there but the Back Garden Busk crew were more keen on showtunes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had a fine afternoon in Chorleywood to compare the Nikon D7500 and a Sigma 70-200mm 2.8 with my trusty Pentax K-5II and a Tamron 70-200mm 2.8. I\u2019d photographed an almost identical socially-distant event two weeks previously so it was ideal to compare how well the two set-ups worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being able to set a minimum shutter speed while in Aperture mode was fantastic compared to Pentax\u2019s Aperture+Time setting. This helped me avoid over-exposing the highlights as the lighting changed and ensured that I was always shooting fast enough to avoid camera shake or blurring movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within minutes I wasn\u2019t thinking about the controls on the Nikon – I was completely in the moment and able to change aperture quickly as the action developed. Although the Pentax has two control dials, the same as the Nikon, the rear control dial is nearer to where you rest your thumb so it\u2019s too easy to change the setting accidentally. I was very pleased with the layout of the dials of the Nikon and felt like I was in control at all times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fact that the camera worked like a dream was nothing compared to how I felt when I saw the images in Lightroom. I\u2019d grown used to adding a lot of sharpness to the RAW images from the Pentax – their shallow-focus vintage quality becoming my signature style. The sharpness of the Nikon images was a revelation! So crisp in the focus points, so dreamily soft in the background. Much less forgiving than the Pentax, but satisfying when you got the focus spot-on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was it, seeing the images from the day I made my decision to switch to Nikon for my theatre work. I accepted the trade-in quote and boxed up my beloved Pentax gear ready to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n