<sigh> You take too many things I say way too seriously. Most of my comment was intended to be humorous and a bit TIC.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 7/27/2005 10:44:35 AM > Subject: Re: Going back to the nine seconds for advise > > Sigh. The way electrons and circuitry interact is *at least* as > stable and predictable as how chemical compounds and photons > interact. Indeed, the way that chemical compounds and photons > interact is *due* to how electrons interact. > > To the original problem: > If you are in stable light conditions and the exposure should be > unchanging, a good test is to simply set the camera to manual > exposure and see if the exposures vary. Most likely, they will not. > > It's the particular way a specific camera reacts to what's in front > of it, how long it takes to react, and other dynamics of your use > that throw the frame-by-frame exposure off in most cases. In the case > of the Pentax SLR cameras (including the DSLRs) the mechanical > precision of the aperture setting mechanism internal to the body and > lens is a bit variable, frame by frame, which causes some small > variation in exposure ... has nothing to do with whether the capture > medium is film or digital sensor. > > Godfrey > > > On Jul 27, 2005, at 8:28 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > Dave ... it's digital photography - whoops, image capture. Do you > > expect > > rational explanations for the way all the electrons and electronic > > bits > > interact with one another? Just think of the problems various > > "operating > > systems" have had in the past, and still have. Why should you > > expect more, > > or more logic, from your camera? > > > > Just a suggestion - can you shoot in all manual mode, setting the > > ap and > > the shutter. As long as the light doesn't change much you should > > get more > > consistent results. > > > > Shel > > > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > > > > > > >>> I get the same thing if I am shooting too fast, especially with > >>> jpegs. > >>> I think the sensor is overheating (not per se, but I do think it > >>> is a > >>> > > flaw > > > >>> in the capture device when it is too busy). > >>> > >>> William Robb > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> Possible, but with these i'm just shooting a fence about every 20-30 > >> > > seconds,1 shot,no > > > >> rapid fire. > >> > > > > > >
