Shel, Well, I've been shooting slides almost exclusively for 40 years, and have been using a PZ-1 and PZ-1p for the last 12 years; so I think I generally have a good handle on exposure, and I =thought= I would have a good handle on how a Pentax multipattern meter would behave. I usually use spotmetering a lot, but for quick grabs use multipattern, and was surprised by these exposures.
Rick --- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A better way to be sure you get it right is to learn > how to expose properly > in the first place. The DS and the D offer spot > metering. You could try > experimenting (and learning) with that. Shooting > RAW may give you some > additional latitude, but there is no substitute for > proper exposure. > > It sounds like you're relying too much on software > to get good results. It > may be difficult to return from working in that way. > Learn the right > exposure in the beginning. You will have better > photos forever. By > relying on software, you'll never learn how to > expose. > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Tim Øsleby > > > Whatever mode you used, my guess is that the > camera went for the grey in > the > > sky behind the trees. It can be rather tricky to > figure out what the meter > > will think. Also in Av and Tv mode. So there is > only one way to be sure to > > get it right. Shooting raw. > > > > When I bought the camera (a DS), I had a lot of > frustrations myself. > After a > > while I tried raw, but could not get on top of > converting. Then I > downloaded > > Rawshooter Essential. This program has some auto > correction features that > > were just what I needed. All I had to do was using > ALT + E, and the > program > > suggested a conversion. Often this is close to a > good image, and it sure > was > > a good starting point, to play with the image. I > have learned a lot in a > > matter of little time using this. > > > > Most likely you will end up using raw sooner or > later. So what I am saying > > is that _now_ might be the time to take that step. > The general quality is > > better, and it does give you more headroom when > shooting. > > > > Now I have upgraded to RSP, the pay version of > RSE. There I have levels, > > curves and cropping in the converter. So now I do > most of the tweaking in > > one program. The downside of this is that it makes > me a bad photoshooper. > > But for now, I can live with that. > > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
