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Comment by MSurgenor posted on Where am i going wrong? Am I going wrong? at 26/02/2013 - 21:22
All my life I've always used Pentax cameras. I've a K20D just now which I love (loved?). I've progressed from shooting everything in Green mode to setting my own aperture or shutter speed in Av or Tv modes. I still use multi-segment metering and AF.C focussing.
My shots are always a bit dark / under-exposed but over time I've learnt to compensate (I've EV 'permanently' set to +0.5 stop) either on the camera or by adjusting in Lightroom after.
I was quite happy until I gave my wife a Canon Powershot for her birthday. We've just come back from a holiday where we ended up taking quite a few shots of the same or similar scenes. She taking everything in auto mode and me largely in Av (but still with EV +0.5).
I've been very impressed with the quality of her exposures!
Looking at her shots and my own in Lightroom it's obvious from the histograms that her exposures are more balanced with the majority of my shots showing a graph with more data over the left hand side.
I've posted a few examples in Flickr here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/surgenor/sets/72157632863513223/detail/
The shots are nothing great but they're unaltered from the camera (other than mine are JPEG exports from RAW) just to illustrate the point.
Is the problem me or the camera? Or is it time for me to drop back to a 'point and shoot' myself?
My shots are always a bit dark / under-exposed but over time I've learnt to compensate (I've EV 'permanently' set to +0.5 stop) either on the camera or by adjusting in Lightroom after.
I was quite happy until I gave my wife a Canon Powershot for her birthday. We've just come back from a holiday where we ended up taking quite a few shots of the same or similar scenes. She taking everything in auto mode and me largely in Av (but still with EV +0.5).
I've been very impressed with the quality of her exposures!
Looking at her shots and my own in Lightroom it's obvious from the histograms that her exposures are more balanced with the majority of my shots showing a graph with more data over the left hand side.
I've posted a few examples in Flickr here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/surgenor/sets/72157632863513223/detail/
The shots are nothing great but they're unaltered from the camera (other than mine are JPEG exports from RAW) just to illustrate the point.
Is the problem me or the camera? Or is it time for me to drop back to a 'point and shoot' myself?
Comment by MSurgenor posted on Where am i going wrong? Am I going wrong? at 26/02/2013 - 21:01
Cracked it now. I have Auto Bracket (3 shots) turned on and have it set to 0, -, + order. So having taken just the one shot the '-' would be flashing for the next shot.
Malcolm
Malcolm
Comment by MSurgenor posted on K20D exposure query at 15/05/2011 - 10:13
johnriley wrote:
Perhaps you have the exposure compensation set. It doesn't automatically cancel unless the camera is set up to do that.
Agreed but then would I not see the exposure compensation symbol (the square with the + and -) in the viewfinder? It's not showing. Perhaps you have the exposure compensation set. It doesn't automatically cancel unless the camera is set up to do that.
Comment by MSurgenor posted on K20D exposure query at 14/05/2011 - 14:41
Even though I've been using my K20D for well over a year I've only just noticed this feature in the viewfinder today and re-reading the manual I can't find anything that refers to it.
I'm taking a picture in Av mode (using multi segment metering), I half press the shutter, take a look at the viewfinder to check everything is ok, the EV bar is flashing dead centre and all the other indicators are to my satisfaction. I take the picture.
Looking back at the viewfinder, everything is still as it was but the EV bar is now flashing one notch below (under exposed). It does this every time.
Is this significant?
I'm taking a picture in Av mode (using multi segment metering), I half press the shutter, take a look at the viewfinder to check everything is ok, the EV bar is flashing dead centre and all the other indicators are to my satisfaction. I take the picture.
Looking back at the viewfinder, everything is still as it was but the EV bar is now flashing one notch below (under exposed). It does this every time.
Is this significant?
Comment by MSurgenor posted on K20D exposure query at 14/05/2011 - 14:23
davex wrote:
Perhaps i`m thick, but do not get the point :
well one; he's a fellow Pentax snapper; two; I thought for a someone who's homeless and without access to the resources that we have, actually captured some pretty inspirational shots and three; I found the comparison between my approach to photography where I usually plan my shoots to his where he's just 'there' all the time quite interesting...Perhaps i`m thick, but do not get the point :
Comment by MSurgenor posted on Inspirational at 19/08/2010 - 17:12
Comment by MSurgenor posted on Inspirational at 19/08/2010 - 16:35
I managed to find a link - http://tinyurl.com/2b6apqa
£321.95 versus the normal upgrade price of £549.90 which seems like a good deal to me. Available until the end of the year...
£321.95 versus the normal upgrade price of £549.90 which seems like a good deal to me. Available until the end of the year...
Comment by MSurgenor posted on Photoshop at 17/08/2010 - 20:50
I was sure I got an email from Adobe the other day offering a reduced price upgrade to Photoshop CS5 from Photoshop Elements. I can't find the email now nor can I see anything about it on the Adobe web site. Anyone else get this? Any chance of posting the link please? Thanks
Comment by MSurgenor posted on Photoshop at 17/08/2010 - 19:53
When I hold down the EV Compensation button (the +/- square one) it shows +0.5 in the bottom right hand of the view finder.