I haven't noticed any problems, but then, I use center weighted and manual. I meter just about like I was using an MX. Pick something that has a medium tone for metering and set the meter accordingly, then compose, focus and shoot.
-- Bruce Sunday, February 18, 2007, 8:24:30 AM, you wrote: PS> I haven't experienced overexposure problems, but I never shoot in PS> straight program mode. In hyperprogram, TAv, Av and Tv modes, I get PS> good exposure results. My exposure comp is usually at zero or plus .3. PS> Paul PS> On Feb 18, 2007, at 9:42 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: >> I find my K10D to be adjuted for slight overexposure, let's say >> around +0.3 >> stops, as opposed to the *istD tipically showing around -0.7 to -1 >> underexposure. >> Maybe the *istD was trying to protect again burnt-out highlights, >> while the >> K10D is mostly trying to fight noise. Anyway, I consider those >> above being >> just different designers' choice, and not a big problem when you >> are aware >> of that. >> >> However, very often (10-30% of shots, according to different shooting >> situations) my K10D gives badly overexposed readings, far >> exceeeding that >> +0.3 reported above. It's not uncommon I get say +2 to +3 stops >> overexposure, which means pure crap. >> Not sure, but apparently the bad behavior occurs much more in bright >> sunlight. The camera was set to P and auto ISO setting, hence no >> risk to >> fall outside hardware capabilities for getting proper exposure. I >> tried both >> multi-pattern and center-balanced metering, with little difference. >> Maybe >> multi-pattern is more prone to wild overexposure than center- >> balanced, but >> I'm not yet sure of that. >> >> Another K10D owned by a friend of mine does exactly the same. Has >> anyone >> else seen such a behavior? >> >> Dario >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
