John, were shadow compensation, lens corrections etc ON ? They significantly slow down the camera.
2011/4/24 John Celio <n...@neovenator.com>: > 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. > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs ---------------------- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ KX, MX, SuperA+Motor, Z1, P30 Mamiya C330+80/2.8 Sekonic L-208 FalconEyes TE300D x2 Studio flashes Laptop: Macbook 13" Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- 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.
