On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Christine Aguila <cagu...@earthlink.net> wrote: > I experienced flash blow out with my 360 today at our family > gathering--surprised the begeezees out of me to say the least--thought > either flash or camera was broken. I've never had that happen with previous > Pentax cameras. I dialed in all my usual settings I use at my parent's > house only to get flash blow out with the K-5. I had to dial down much more > than usual. I plan to test the k-5 with the flash this week. Cheers, > Christine
This is one reason i gave up on the 360 K-10 combo for indoor work. I use the D200 and SB800 which i find is much more user friendly, but still adjustments need to be made, but less so than with the pentax combo. Dave > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Celio" <n...@neovenator.com> > To: <PDML@pdml.net> > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 4:58 PM > Subject: K-5 at a wedding: My two complaints > > >> I shot a wedding in Yosemite National Park yesterday and my K-5 performed >> admirably. There were two problems I noticed that got on my nerves and may >> have ruined some pictures. >> >> 1. The shot-to-preview time (how long it takes a photo to appear on the >> screen after it is taken) is painfully long. Granted, these photos are much >> larger than what I was used to with my K10D (which was pretty quick with the >> previews), but I really wish Pentax could find some way to speed things up >> for us chimpers. It is partly because of this delay that my second complaint >> came about. >> >> 2. When shooting indoors with my 540FGZ attached, I had to keep a very >> close eye on flash exposure in the preview images and constantly dial back >> the flash output by at least one stop and up to two stops to prevent massive >> highlight blowout. This bit me in the ass during the cake cutting because I >> had to be fast, I had to be in close proximity to the table & couple, the >> flash had somehow reset itself to normal output and I couldn't wait for the >> camera to show me if I was getting the proper exposure. >> >> Now, maybe this can be chalked up to Pentax's flash system being >> not-that-great, or maybe it's just my relative inexperience and lack of >> foresight, but I wish I had just bumped the ISO way up and shot without >> flash. >> >> Live and learn, I guess. At least I can say with some certainty that those >> were the only bad shots I took, and I know the bride & groom (who are >> friends) probably won't care that much. It was the second marriage for both >> of them and the whole thing was pretty casual. >> >> John >> >> -- >> http://www.jacelio.com >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
