I've got an old Vivitar 24mm prime that over-exposes on my K5 - I usually set compensation to -1 stop when I use this. Which is rarely because the CA with this lens is awful...
Haven't had it with any of my other lenses - 18-135 zoom, A 28mm f/2.8, A 50mm f/2.0, Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 HSM. Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne On 14 March 2013 08:30, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > Is anyone finding that their k-5 leans towards over exposure? I often have > to use -.7 to -1 ev compensation. I find this consistent across old glass. > With the kit lens and thr 12-24 it seems to do a bit better, but still > overexposes at times. I generally use matrix metering. Even in well lit > scenes in daylight. Sometimes with the same glass it works fine at , but I'm > forced to chimp constantly to look for overexposure. Also the meter seems to > jump around on the same scene. I tried some shots between my k-7 and it was > matching settings, so I can't decide it my meter is working properly. > There is generally a 1ev difference if I compare to live view with > live view giving the correct/better exposure reading. Any thoughts from > you guys? I bought this k-5 six months ago and I don't remember making -.7 > the norm on my k-7. I usually only had to add negative compensation at > night on that camera.... > > -- > 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.
