Hello, Well, the other day I decided to take a look at this k lens underexposure issue (which appears to be a real problem) and instead found another problem. Here are the pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ This is a series of pictures of a white piece of tissue used to wrap a Christmas gift. Light was natural, white balance manually set. Updated firmware. Obviously, many of these are 1 or 2 stops underexposed, but, I was startled at the bands of color (green to the left, magenta to the right). Photos 1-3: Three is probably close to being exposed properly, but it still has a hint of the problem. The others show it clearly. Photos 4-6: So I decided to look at photos that were overexposed at different f stops. I don't see the problem in 4 and 5, but it shows up again in 6. Photos 7-9: So I thought to change lenses. Still there on 9, small aperture again. Photo 10: Might as well check the problem at 400 sensitivity. A hint of the problem. Photo 11: There it is again. Seems that the combination of high sensitivity, small aperture and underexposure causes the problem. I also tried RAW and normal instead of bright mode, this did not cause the problem to be eliminated. So, is this just the infamous banding problem magnified a bit? Is this just my camera? I hope someone can verify for me that this is just a characteristic of this camera. Not that this would thrill me, because I expect something to work properly, but at least I wouldn't send my camera in again. I know that I am not likely to shoot under these conditions, but it would be nice if the camera worked properly just the same. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
