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K30 - Some shots seemed underexposed
Thanks for the insight womble :) I'm going to spend the next few weeks playing with settings and examining histograms to see what works best for various situations. I'm also going to pick up either aperture or lightroom, so I can fix the photos I don't get right :) I do have one last quest...
Posted by ventmore on 13/05/2013 - 01:04
K30 - Some shots seemed underexposed
I already tried the three different meeting modes whilst shooting the car as the main subject, and set bracketing to +/-0.7. All three modes gave me the same result, which I'm guessing means the car was definitely affecting the exposure in that particular case. I took severe bracketed photos of the ...
Posted by ventmore on 13/05/2013 - 12:07
K30 jpg very poor
I would reset everything back to factory defaults and see what happens
Posted by gartmore on 13/05/2013 - 06:13
K30 jpg very poor
The car in the second shot and the sky in the third are the worst parts. It looks like over-processing to me. If you were set on Natural and the WB was even AWB these shouldn't be that severe. The grass is good, so exposure in the shadows is OK, so maybe there's been some over-exposure as well. The ...
Posted by Russ on 13/05/2013 - 07:51
K30 jpg very poor
Since the much of the red is saturated in the jpegs, there is nothing that will bring back any detail in those areas. With RAW you might have a chance, especially if you underexpose a touch. Given the constraints of card memory space at the time (for whatever unfortunate reason), I'd have still gone...
Posted by kh1234567890 on 13/05/2013 - 14:35
K30 jpg very poor
:D :D As I said, I didn't want to reignite the RAW / JPEG debate, but its difficult to avoid it here. John and Pentaxophile, I believe you are saying that when we reduce an image down to its final printed form, for practical purposes (ie viewing the print from a normal distance) then the difference ...
Posted by McGregNi on 13/05/2013 - 15:46
K30 jpg very poor
Yes, I can see that this 'PRIME' processor is clearly efficient at creating the file in the minimal time required - after all the cameras can shoot in continuous mode up to 7fps - imagine all the processing needed during that! I was without a laptop for a while last year, and I experimented with...
Posted by McGregNi on 13/05/2013 - 18:38
K30 jpg very poor
Getting the camera back to factory defaults may well help. So might finding some bright red cars to practise on! Also, are you using the histogram to check your exposure? If you don't need the underexposure you are better off without it. At least those red cars look like they were parked up, s...
Posted by cats_five on 15/05/2013 - 08:36
How did card get unformated?
I took a Transcend SD HC 8GB card out of my K-7 and plugged it into a card reader attached to my computer. Then had to go looking for it, because it didn't pop up, like it normally does. When I located it, Windows asked me if I wanted to format it. When I clicked no, and put it back in the camera...
Posted by nels on 15/05/2013 - 19:02
How did card get unformated?
There are a number of "Undelete/Recovery" programs available which would possibly get back your pictures, but - the main snag as 'I see it is' :- The PC failed to recognise your card as a formatted drive and so would be unable to do much with it. A thought :- Do you have a friend who uses a ...
Posted by Frogherder on 15/05/2013 - 19:11
How did card get unformated?
Crads get corrupted and there isn't always a reason. It's never happened to me, but I back up important photos as soon as possible.
Posted by Jonathan-Mac on 15/05/2013 - 21:51
Pentax Full Frame, Will it ever happen.
I think the buy out by Ricoh has put Pentax back a year or so. ..... but after seeing the photos from his new kit considering the price he paid ..... What in particular has excited you about the photos?
Posted by Smeggypants on 17/05/2013 - 08:43
Pentax Full Frame, Will it ever happen.
What in particular has excited you about the photos?[/quote] He is a semi pro photographer who does a lot of low light work, in clubs promoting up and coming bands, he used his new D600 with the sigma 35mm and his K5iis with a 43mm at the same time for the same gig and the picture quality from th...
Posted by MattyH on 17/05/2013 - 09:19
Pentax Full Frame, Will it ever happen.
They have been acting for a while. People's expectations of how long it takes to conceptualise, design and produce a new product are way off the mark. Anyone who has been involved in a multinational business takeover would also appreciate the time taken to integrate a new business. Few seem to ap...
Posted by DrOrloff on 17/05/2013 - 12:47
Pentax Full Frame, Will it ever happen.
The area of the FF size is about 2.34 times larger than the Pentax APS-C sensor. So if you want to keep the same quality as present you should have about 37mP on a FF sensor. This way, you don't loose any quality when cropping it (possibly in the camera) back to the APS-C size. There is no reas...
Posted by Horst on 20/05/2013 - 14:06
Tamron mirror lens-Pentax *isdS
Hi Gamka. It came to me after I had posted. I had to go to custom setting and select a switch and that allows the *isDS to function. I have also used that lens on my K7 and have had some very good results; considering it is not a high class lens to begin with. I generally use a Sigma 70-200mm f2...
Posted by almierau on 19/05/2013 - 14:40
Tamron mirror lens-Pentax *isdS
Great shots. I too have a mirror lens [Sigma] but unfortunately the mirror set in the front element is tarnished and the focus is now too soft to get decent results. If anyone is aware of a way to refurbish this [ideally UK] I'd be interested to find out more. I've tried Sigma but no luck there. Th...
Posted by GaryJohn on 18/06/2013 - 15:43
Upgrade to K5IIs from K5 now or wait for something better?
Miles, to be honest only you can determine if the upgrade is worth it when you have had the benefit of comparing the original K5 to the K5lls. However, I can provide you with my experience of the K5lls since I upgraded. The image quality is without a doubt better than the original K5, the images ...
Posted by Fletcher8 on 22/05/2013 - 10:27
Upgrade to K5IIs from K5 now or wait for something better?
I recently upgraded to the IIS from the Classic K-5 and feel it was worth it. The IIS AF is more confident and vastly better in poor light. It will focus in rooms so dark you can barely see! Image quality is noticeably sharper and none of my lenses now require any micro AF adjustment. With my previo...
Posted by Papa_Lazarou on 22/05/2013 - 10:34
Upgrade to K5IIs from K5 now or wait for something better?
Thanks so much for replies. Having read these and ones form the other forum, I am clear that the K5IIs does offer a real world improvement over the original K5. Two factors influence me. The first is that I am sometimes frustrated by the AF when shooting moving objects which is much better than t...
Posted by cabstar on 22/05/2013 - 20:03
