On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 04:39:29PM -0600, Walter Gilbert wrote: > HI all, > > I've been meaning to ask this for some time now, but just keep > forgetting to. Anyway, here goes: From day one of ownership, I've had > the expanded sensitivity enabled on my K-x. I can force it manually all > the way up to the 12800 top-end limit, but have yet to figure out a way > to get it to shoot at 100 -- not Shutter Priority, or any other. The > camera is clearly capable of shooting at that low a sensitivity, as it's > indicated in the auto-ISO range (though I've yet to see a shot come out > of it with that indicated in the EXIF data. > > So, what gives? I can't understand the rationale for allowing one to > force the camera all the way to the top end of its range, where IQ > suffers, but not at the bottom end, where one presumes it would benefit. > Is there something I can do about this?
I believe you've answered your own question. AFAIK, if you turn off expanded sensitivity you'll be able to use ISO 100. -- 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.
