Well, Larry. 1. I live in Israel - the sun of almost eternal bright sun. So any small mistake in exposure metering either on my side or on the side of my camera that involves bright areas means mostly lost shot for me. It is w.r.t. K-5. It does not protect itself very well from bright sun, in a manner of speaking. Ricoh GXR is much better camera in this respect.
2. As for AF - very often it would light up a red light saying - this is the AF zone where I focused. Good. Now, oftentimes I wouldn't be able to see with the camera viewfinder and the magnifying eyepiece that in fact it focused on something that was in the same zone, but not where I intended it to focus. The problem - I don't know how to work around this specific issue. 3. In low light the pictures tend to go violet or purple... Like you have an evening street light just by the street lights where the pavement is suddenly visibly magentish. Beside that - I don't think I have any technical complaints about the gear. It does what it is supposed to do and does it rather nicely. On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > What photos are you losing because your gear isn't performing well enough, or > because it doesn't have a feature that you need? And in what situations does > this present itself? If there is a work around, what do you need to do to > get the shot? > > Poor autofocus? Can't use the flash in the rain? Don't have enough > resolution to make wall sized prints? > > For example, "my camera sucks because it isn't full frame" is not what I'm > looking for. Here's a hypothetical case: > The exposure metering sucks. If I leave the camera on auto exposure, then > when I am taking photos of Dave Brooks working the corner of Heart Attack and > Vine downtown, the camera keeps metering for the stop light, and both David, > and his pimp Doug come out way underexposed. If I dial in exposure > compensation, then when I shoot without the light in the background it > overexposes and his white satin pants are totally blown out. I just have to > put the camera in manual, set the exposure by the histogram, and hope that no > cars catch them in their headlights. > > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > -- > 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. -- Boris -- 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.
