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Have the whole album - it is good Oggy! Was listening to 'Brick in the Wall' just the other evening too...
Comment by i-Berg posted on Another pointless thread at 30/05/2010 - 03:12
G'day and welcome.
Comment by i-Berg posted on Be gentle with me, please! at 30/05/2010 - 03:02
Hadn't seen it til now Clarky, so thanks for that.
Comment by i-Berg posted on Very good K7 review from a Leica fan ! at 29/05/2010 - 09:14
T-T - not aware of the story of that - what happened? I'm not sure I've seen Andrew do any work that may have been seen by some to cause any offence at all... :
If they were the "Leaver's Day" series that I cannot see (have not yet been able to see), then that's interesting...
If they were the "Leaver's Day" series that I cannot see (have not yet been able to see), then that's interesting...
She's back!
Comment by i-Berg posted on Abbottsford Convent at 29/05/2010 - 04:37
T-T,
There's a discussion on exposure in your original thread which hasn't resurfaced here (at least not in the form originally posed).
There's another way you can use your camera (the K-x, and also my K10) to help you decide on exposure in Manual mode.
You'd be aware that you can manually set Ev in other modes - but not in Manual. When you do that, you use the little scale to set the pointer to plus or minus whatever you think fit: hence, -0.5 EV, +1.0 Ev etc.
When in Manual mode though, the camera actually uses the same scale and pointer to let you know if / when the shot is properly exposed (ie, you cannot adjust Ev yourself).
With your Kx, look in the view finder while in Manual mode, compose a shot, and check the EV scale along the bottom of the view finder.
Keep looking - now pan the camera onto a lighter (or darker) object.
The scale pointer at the bottom of your viewfinder should move up or down.
When the scale pointer is on ZERO, you should (in theory) have a properly exposed shot - simple.
If it is not, then it is of course up to you whether you choose to adjust shutter speed, f-stop or both.
So what is really happening in Manual mode is that the camera is using its light meter function, but only to give you advice rather than to automatically change settings.
That's about the limit of my knowledge on it - I'm sure many others here can add to it, or correct those bits where I'm misinformed.
There's a discussion on exposure in your original thread which hasn't resurfaced here (at least not in the form originally posed).
There's another way you can use your camera (the K-x, and also my K10) to help you decide on exposure in Manual mode.
You'd be aware that you can manually set Ev in other modes - but not in Manual. When you do that, you use the little scale to set the pointer to plus or minus whatever you think fit: hence, -0.5 EV, +1.0 Ev etc.
When in Manual mode though, the camera actually uses the same scale and pointer to let you know if / when the shot is properly exposed (ie, you cannot adjust Ev yourself).
With your Kx, look in the view finder while in Manual mode, compose a shot, and check the EV scale along the bottom of the view finder.
Keep looking - now pan the camera onto a lighter (or darker) object.
The scale pointer at the bottom of your viewfinder should move up or down.
When the scale pointer is on ZERO, you should (in theory) have a properly exposed shot - simple.
If it is not, then it is of course up to you whether you choose to adjust shutter speed, f-stop or both.
So what is really happening in Manual mode is that the camera is using its light meter function, but only to give you advice rather than to automatically change settings.
That's about the limit of my knowledge on it - I'm sure many others here can add to it, or correct those bits where I'm misinformed.
Comment by i-Berg posted on Going manual ? at 29/05/2010 - 02:33
Oddly, I cannot see any pics here either Andrew, so we seem to have a mix of some who can, and the rest. : "Moved or deleted"?
Comment by i-Berg posted on Leavers' Day at 29/05/2010 - 02:14
Well shot Oggy, the 50-135 does a good job for me also.
Comment by i-Berg posted on The wrong lenses. at 29/05/2010 - 02:12
