People can complain about autofocusing all they want, but photographers
made do without autofocusing cameras for years and still got good
photographs. Even in fast action situations. My beef is with the
metering system on the K20D. I often feel that my (gasp), more that 50
year old Spotmatic, and nearly as venerable MX, ME and LX cameras have
more accurate, built in light meters. I understand that the K-5 series,
(and K-X K-r, etc.), are much better in this regard, and everyone seems
to think that Nikon and Canon do much better. The somewhat limited
dynamic range on the K20D at higher ISOs really requires getting the
exposure right, and just when I begin trusting the meter again it badly
misses the exposure. Sometimes by by more that three or four stops.
I still feel a bit odd complaining h0wever. Slide film had a narrower
dynamic range than even the K20D at usable ISOs and I get more keepers,
per 100 exposures than I ever got with film.
On 4/15/2013 4:12 AM, Larry Colen 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.
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