Hi Dave, thanks for your comments. So far, I've just shot say 5-10 built-in flash exposures with the K10D, hence I don't have a useful opinion on that.
Dario ----- Original Message ----- From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 3:55 PM Subject: Re: K10D overexposure anyone? >I shot some snow scense recently and i didi not have to use any ev > adjustments. Seemed to get it right. > > I am still Po'd about the poor quality on board flash shots. > > My D200 is great for these quicky shots. > > Dave > > On 2/18/07, Dario Bonazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 >> > > > -- > Equine Photography > www.caughtinmotion.com > Ontario Canada > > -- > 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
