On Apr 11, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Apr 11, 2011, at 5:05 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > >> From: Larry Colen >>> >>> It seems to me that if we are shooting a low contrast situation, such >>> as clouds on a grey sky, or with a mediocre, low contrast lens, we >>> could compensate by using a higher ISO to spread the fewer stops of >>> dynamic range in the input out over more bits of data, at the cost of >>> more noise, because we're constraining ourselves to the lower, >>> noisier portion of the signal. >>> >>> Is this basically accurate? >> >> IMHO, you're OVER-thinking this. Just go out and look for beautiful >> pictures. Take 'em. > > John, you are obviously not enough of a geek. For me, one big part of the > fun is actually learning and understanding what it going on. Another thing > that I find a lot of fun is being able to take photos that other people > can't, and that requires understanding what is happening. > >> >> Bracket like hell! > > Unfortunately, the camera will only auto bracket shutter speed.
You can choose what function to bracket in the menus. I don't have my camera with me at the moment, so I can't recall exactly where that is, but it's there. A bit obscure if I recall. The menu item isn't directly related to bracketing, but it has to do with setting a priority for f-stop differentiation. Paul > I'm completely boggled why you can't choose what to bracket (shutter speed, > aperture or ISO) since they're all controlled by the camera. For that matter > you should be able to tell the camera to maintain the same exposure and which > of the the three to remain constant. > > While we're at it, with auto focus, you should be able to bracket focus. It > could be handy for motorsports too, tell the camera to bracket focus coming > towards you by a set amount each frame. > >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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.
