Thanks Paul. OK, I wrote P, but it could either be straight P or HyP, since I usually leave the mode dial on P and then change either aperture or speed whenever I find it appropriate to.
Dario ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 5:24 PM Subject: Re: K10D overexposure anyone? >I haven't experienced overexposure problems, but I never shoot in > straight program mode. In hyperprogram, TAv, Av and Tv modes, I get > good exposure results. My exposure comp is usually at zero or plus .3. > Paul > 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
