Spot metered on Grace. The flash contributes very little at this distance outdoors. Maybe half an f stop at f3.2. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Spot metered on Grace, or matrix and trusting the flash to overcome her > silhouette? > > Jack > > > --- On Sat, 6/21/08, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: PESO: K20D Extended Dynamic Range > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > Date: Saturday, June 21, 2008, 6:25 AM > > To Roman's point about extended dynamic range. I shoot > > in that mode > > almost continuously. About the only time I turn it off is > > if I need > > ISO 100 or 6400, and those times are rare. I've noticed > > considerably > > improvement in dynamic range over the K10D, but I was still > > surprised > > to see sky tones in this shot. In fact, I cropped it to > > leave a touch > > of blue at the top, although the part of the sky in frame > > was > > primarily white cloud. Thought it would be a complete > > burnout. There > > is a bit of flash fill here, which helps by boosting the > > foreground. > > But it's minimal as the shot is at 135mm, and the > > subject is quite > > distant. f3.2, 1/1250, ISO 200. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7434474 > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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