There's also a choice of how the camera does the metering

In the flash menu (on the body) you can choose between normal & slow sync flash. The normal one will tend to underexpose the ambient and aim for higher shutter speeds, while slow sync will aim to get the ambient - with a much slower shutter speed.

Additionally, if you switch the AF360-FGZ to "HS" mode you can flash sync at any shutter speed (But be aware the flash distance is halved)

HTH!
Matt

Just to add to the capability of the tiny Q:
(processed from DNG with LR4.1)

The Cat's Whiskers test



100% crop of above

Hee hee. That's two people bitten in a week
I nabbed one from Park Cameras - white, twin lens kit - going for a low price ex demo.
Astonishing piece of gear! Ok, so it's not up to dSLR quality - but I compared against K10D and *ist-Ds. The K10D had better resolving power, but the Q was clearer than the *ist-Ds

Park still have a white single kit at £250 (Probably not for long!)

Have fun with your latest toy!!
Matt

I'm not sure there is a way to disable this in LiveView.
Of course, normally you'd use the real viewfinder and work with that

Will check it out later...
Matt

Which camera?

Update: the Q is restricted to 3 exposures only. You can choose the Ev steps. I'd suggest 1Ev for JPG, and 2Ev for RAW

Don't forget that the prime and normal zoom Q lenses have ND filters inside the lens (you have to enable it manually through the menu).

Although I have used HDR, I find that the genuine uses are limited. Often times, just two exposures manually blended in PS work out better for me. With the K5's crazy dynamic range (14 stops!!) and 14-bit RAW I find that I rarely need to use HDR techniques.

Tone mapping is another matter... and for getting that 'HDR look', Topaz Adjust is pretty excellent and working from a single image

Matt

Another Q user

Grabbed a bargain white twin lens kit yesterday. Woohooo!
What a stunning piece of engineering. The user interface is extremely responsive, and is very close to the K5 menu system. As usual for Pentax there's some very nice customisation features available, and a good set of filters/effects etc.

The reviews I'd read had griped about responsiveness, slow AF and poor image quality... so I was a little apprehensive. Actually, I'm extremely pleased with the results. Response time isn't an issue at all, AF works well in most situations (very low light struggles, but it just needs a hand finding some contrast to lock onto) and was quicker than I expected it to be. Image quality with my little tests is excellent - even ISO 6400 is acceptable! Yes, it's not as fine detailed as the K5 - but incredible for such a tiny device.

Top thing is its size! It's so discrete - it's going to be fun for portraiture and candids

Only trouble is.... I think it's going to be nabbed by my wife!!

Matt

I get the same when select Adobe Elements (on this iMac)... but still no preview! Bizarre!

Uh oh... on my other machine, I tried your suggestion Don and mine now show the "exec" icon preview! doh!

But it does show there must be some kind of thumbnail linking issue. When I switch back to what I had, the Adobe icon shows. Maybe something has got twisted in the preferences or plist files...

Matt

One of my machines has just started working!
I looked at a folder full of Canon CR2 images (in List mode), then when I went to look at PEFs it was working!

I had just been fiddling around with Finder preferences (Cmd+,) and Finder Display options (Cmd+J). Completely bemused by it all...