HG - Lightroom v3 does the same thing in its lens correction module (if you shoot RAW, LR is very useful). There's manual control for all of that in there.

G'day and welcome.

And apologies Andrew for the parrot on the shoulder, arrhh - your thread has been pirated!

We're all still learning (hopefully) Flossie!

If you think you might be losing that spontaneous shot, you could try exosure bracketing, and customise it so that at least one of the bracketed series is well under-exposed. Check out pp 109 - 111 of the Kx manual if you want to pursue it.

If you want to rattle the whole bracket off quickly, use this in combination with continuous shooting mode (p. 136). It does tend to chew through SD cards though.

Andrew,

In terms of the 'smarts' and capabilities built into the Kx, it's not an entry level camera. It's not surprising you saw it on a par with other 'non-entry-level' bodies. Mine has the 31 or the 50 1.4 on it as permanent fixtures - that might tell you something...

Now it is funny you should mention that particular lens, as that is the only one (borrowed) with which I have had trouble getting a focus lock using AF-S. (Manual focus does work wonders of course! )

Interesting thing is - it was with a K10, not the Kx, which I also have.
Some -Ev works wonders with the Kx, BTW, as John has indicated. If it's glary though, I'd start with -1.0, and work from there using your over-exposure alert setting and histogram (both on your LCD).

In a harbour, you'd expect glare (from the overcast and as reflected) to be particularly bad...

In the 'Your Photos' forum, Snootchies recently posted an early-morning image, where he successfully shot directly into the sun, managing to capture a lovely scene that included the sun's reflections in a large body of water.

The camera he used? A Kx

The colour makes the rust and decay even more confronting David, given what these engines would have been in their hey-day.

I also like the Flotsam shot Fr Ted - nicely converted, and very stark. The Wheat image: I would agree with Tim.

I've taken some licence and used LR3 on your jpg, to see how some curves would go. I upped brightness and exposure, and did notice that the yellow came into play as you said. Desaturation returned some balance to it, as below (but the amount is personal taste)-

[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/Misc/Wheat1-1.jpg[/IMG]

There's some additional Contrast and 'Clarity' included, if the shot seems a little harsh or overprocessed, that could be eliminated quickly by reversing those last two adjustments (and by working on the original of course ).

Your title mojo, and my halo mojo!

We've got mudlarks doing the same around here Don. Aggro blighters (to themselves!)

It looks like you've used flash for this - was it a focus trap arrangement, or else how did you get so close for the shot?