hi stefan and matt sorry the shots are not the best examples,
i have just done some random shots around the house and all shots come out ok(still think the camera bumps the iso up for no reason)
but i think one of my problems in all honesty is i have been usin my d300 for a while and im comparing and prehaps i shouldnt be, the nikon i can set at f10 with a shutter of 320/sec and auto iso 100-1600, and around the house it very rarely goes over iso 800,
example both cameras set on 160/sec f10 nikon selected iso 600, pentax selected 1250.
i found the k7 seems to struggle on faces and almost remove any skin tones when usin flash..
i think my best bet in future is to use full manual iso 100 f8 180/sec


one other thing learnt is either my pentax 50-200mm is longer than 200mm or my nikon at 200mm is more like 150mm.

still getting very mixed and weird results, these were taken in av mode
1st 55mm, iso 250,f10 1/100th sec. auto slow iso


2, av mode no adjustments,18mm f3.5 iso 500 1/50th sec slow auto iso adjustment.


3, av mode no adjustments 18mm f3.5 iso 800 1/50th sec slow atuo adjustment.


even in green mode im getting lots like this, flash power set to o.

hi stefan it is set to 35mm and i will try set at 85mm tonight and see what it does. Matt i didnt realise that the samsung sef 36pzf was built before digital i suppose the 35mm should have give it away. Thanks

also i noticed this morning that the samsung flash is not zooming past 58 in auto if i manual do it its goes to 85. Is this the pttl causing this

hi matt will read properely when i get 2 mins. I was expecting the same exposure. And in the test with the pop up and the samsung why is the samsung not so bright. I find using manual f8 shutter speed 180/sec iso 100 is fine for most shots. It tends to be to bright on people faces otherwise

hi stefan what i mean by slow adjustment is that the k7 has a setting for the iso to bump it up faster or slower it has 3 setting slow normal and fast.

also when using av mode with the lens at 200mm about 8ft away from the subject with a shutterspeed of 180/sec and iso 400 and f4.5 it comes out slightly darker than the same test with an apature of f8 surely the larger apature should be brighter.

after having a play im still convinced that the camera is upping the iso up for no real need even with slow adjustment selected., a shot that can use iso 100 with no problem and its using iso 1600,

stefan no resizing, flicker does that. also you say 2 could be slighty brighter.
1 to me looks to dark and 2 looks a tad light.

can you post an example, im happier with the results im getting(but i still think iys bumping the iso up for no reason.)
also i have adjusted the flash manual to -2 and up to =1 and it does make a big difference.