On Feb 10, 2007, at 8:06 AM, Jens Bladt wrote: > My only problem now is getting the meter adjusted properly: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157594527835191/ > > Have anybody else noticed any tendency of the K10D over reaction to > back-lit > scenery or bright skies?
Just sent a note about this on another thread... >> The biggest difference I found was, that the K10D overexposes the >> shots >> quite consistantly. I have no idea why. >> And I had to ficus manually on the D, because the AF is no >> adjusted right. >> >> Here's two test shots done with a FA* 2.8 80-200mm @ F.8: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157594527835191/ >> > > Hmm. It seems to me that your judgment is very subjective. The K10D > did a better job of exposing for the darker foreground, the *ist D > did a better job of retaining the sky values with this test. With > JPEG's limited dynamic range, you don't get both. Depending upon > what *you* were trying to get out of the photograph, either one > could be better than the other. > > I set the K10D to RAW/DNG and leave it that way. I see from > comparing many many DS and K10D exposures that the K10D does a > better job of exposing for RAW format: I rarely have to add > exposure with the compensation control, the DS nearly always needed > +.3 to +.7 EV to get the best results. So I fully believe that > you're seeing on the order of about a +1EV plus exposure bias with > JPEGs and the K10D. > > However, this doesn't say anything about image quality. It simply > says that you need to recalibrate your exposure settings for the > new body. Once you have achieved proper exposure with both cameras, > then you can evaluate how the image quality compares. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
