The flash blowout is very annoying. I've found I have to stop down more than you mention myself. Knowing that the problem exists though I try to just set things ahead and I'm getting quicker at the adjustments.
On 4/24/11 4:58 PM, "John Celio" <n...@neovenator.com> wrote: >I shot a wedding in Yosemite National Park yesterday and my K-5 performed >admirably. There were two problems I noticed that got on my nerves and >may >have ruined some pictures. > >1. The shot-to-preview time (how long it takes a photo to appear on the >screen after it is taken) is painfully long. Granted, these photos are >much >larger than what I was used to with my K10D (which was pretty quick with >the >previews), but I really wish Pentax could find some way to speed things >up >for us chimpers. It is partly because of this delay that my second >complaint >came about. > >2. When shooting indoors with my 540FGZ attached, I had to keep a very >close >eye on flash exposure in the preview images and constantly dial back the >flash output by at least one stop and up to two stops to prevent massive >highlight blowout. This bit me in the ass during the cake cutting because >I >had to be fast, I had to be in close proximity to the table & couple, the >flash had somehow reset itself to normal output and I couldn't wait for >the >camera to show me if I was getting the proper exposure. > >Now, maybe this can be chalked up to Pentax's flash system being >not-that-great, or maybe it's just my relative inexperience and lack of >foresight, but I wish I had just bumped the ISO way up and shot without >flash. > >Live and learn, I guess. At least I can say with some certainty that >those >were the only bad shots I took, and I know the bride & groom (who are >friends) probably won't care that much. It was the second marriage for >both >of them and the whole thing was pretty casual. > >John > >-- >http://www.jacelio.com > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
