This sounds like Larry's P&S situation, but with a twist. I was at a
family gathering yesterday when my young niece handed me her newly
acquired K-x (my recommendation, btw) and asked sweetly why her shots
were so dark. I have a K100Ds and a K20D, both of which I'm pretty
familiar with, but I wasn't prepared for the K-x at all.
I managed to undo negative exposure comp -- I think! -- and I cranked up
the ISO since she had only the 18-55 kit lens. That helped, but I bet
she was getting some serious shake in those shots under the usual indoor
crappy incandescent lights. I loaned her my spare 540FGZ flash and she
had a great time with that.
But here's a question for the K-x owners: with no viewfinder focus
confirmation points how on earth do you figure out what the thing
auto-focused on? I was trying to verify that I had altered the settings
properly and I felt so useless staring though the viewfinder and getting
no feedback at all. It seems like such a P&S interface, and I mean that
in the most pejorative possible way.
Oh, and what's with the "image cannot be displayed" BS? While reviewing
images, every so often we'd get that message over a black screen. She
had no clue and I was no better off. Has the K-x decided the image
wasn't up to HCB standards and censored it?
-bmw
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