[quote:3496ace15f="Don] llive hdmi with raw video out matters for pro video applications....[/quote]What is 'raw video'? I understood the DSLRs shot .avi, a compressed format with the custom image settings applied (so its edited in fact straight out the camera).

As someone who's not into birds or bird images, I really appreciate the extra elements in your shot here - the composition is transformed by including the reflection. Gives it an extra dimension and interest.

Nice use of foreground elements on the beach (yes, this is starting to sound like a photo magazine's 'Your Shots' section )! Guess you have to work hard here to get something in front of you. You've said before about using ND grads and clearly its worked wonders here The band of tobacco rising from the horizon doesn't look quite right to me, but I guess it may have actually been there ?

There's a bit of barrel type distortion pulling down at the left of the image, from the building at the end of the pier - I wonder if it would be easy to correct this and pull it up a bit?

I can see the point in a modular type of system. If its designed that way then you need many of the options to be in the 'extra bits', rather than in the main body. I'd be very pleased to choose a specific grip tailored to my needs.

For me a grip is a given - but there are many more who are put off by the extra bulk and want camera bodies as compact as possible. If there could be a kind of 'connections module' slotted in somewhere, with different configurations available as options, that would be versatile if it was part of the main camera design and shape.

The K7 has a mini HDMI connection - not used by me, as with a smart TV its easier just to copy files over to a USB drive and play them directly on the TV. So there's not universal need for these kind of things.

Its not about how the camera can be controlled .... its about how a human interacts with and controls the camera in specific photographic situations.

Sorry, one other thing .. Any speed less than flash sync is technically 'slow sync' , it doesn't make any differeonce how that was achieved. I know other cameras might automatically fix the flash sync speed in p mode, but in many situations this results in dark backgrounds. The k7 /k5 series do have the 'x' mode, really for non dedicatedeexexternal flash systems, but it would be a quick way to lock in 180th if needed.

What I'm not sure about is why you need 180th sec when light levels apparently are not enough for this?

Of course its possible .... In m mode. Actually this my first choice of mode for all flash work now. First get a ballpark ambient exposure in p or A/V, remember these figures and set them in m mode. Now turn on the flash and you've got twin control ... Flash brightness with aperture changes and 'background' with shutter speed. Its an easy way to balance the two

Yes, its very interesting to raise all these options. I hadn't thought about changingthe e-dial functioning like gwings method for EC. I must admit, I tend to prefer dedicated and fixed controls for each function, and that's also probably why I like to switch specifically in to each mode using the dial.

Personally I see the Hyper-P way of working (in mental process terms) as more suited to a shoot with general and varied subjects, where you want to make fairly minor tweaks to either aperture of shutter speed to 'correct' for what the program has dished up, depending on the needs of each individual shot.

I see the fixed dial Av / Tv / Tav / Sv approach as more suited to extended shoots with images of the same nature (such as landscape outings using a tripod, or portrait sessions, or sports perhaps) where I like to clearly identify a single 'priority' for the images. In landscape on a tripod this is invariable aperture control (the shutter speed will not matter generally), and I believe this 'mindset' to be a more positive and commited (to the 'priority')way of working that will generate stronger images.

Lets not forget that Hyper P will not work for our old manual lenses (those without auto mode for exposure control), where M is the only option with stop down metering.

I've had a try with the K7, and it seems to work the same in P and Av - the shutter speed is light dependant, and responds to the ambiant lighting level and aperture set. It would only go to 180th if I pointed it up to the sky (its a dull morning here!).

What you're describing sounds consistent with p mode flash operation (with slow sync mode active). The camera is trying to keep a shutter speed high enough for hand holding, related to focal length. But I understand this should only happen in p?

Afaik in A/V you should get full ambient exposure metering.

I think in Av mode you're automatically using 'slow-sync' if lighting levels demand it - maybe you don't need to set 'slow-sync' specifically? This makes sense, as in Av clearly we want aperture control and are asking the camera to provide a shutter speed. The flash should expose for the subject and the shutter speed would give the right ambiant exposure - so maybe what you're experiencing is normal operation in fact?