Hi there,
in the K10 / K20 Custom menu there is a selection for Auto EV Compensation for over exposed pictures.
The default if OFF but I had set mine to on (apparently - I don't remember). There is nothing in the manuals about it other than to say there is a setting to do it.
So, does anyone have an insight as to the operation of this feature? Does a Manual EV compensation setting turn it off?
Any help would be appreciated.
Bill
Edit
Have just found this answer from Alph Dog in a 2008 thread:-
"Email response from Pentax
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This is the main part of the email I got when asking what "auto EV Compensation" does.
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Thank you for contacting Pentax.
Auto EV would work in any mode other than Bulb or M.
Normally, a camera tries to balance an image to 18% gray.
With auto-EV the camera looks at the scene and applies EV compensation based what it thinks is supposed to be correct.
It may look at a scene of all snow and think, hey, 18% gray is probably not right for this, lets balance it to a brighter level.
This system is of course imperfect, but can help out a newer photographer to get shots correct more often, or help even an experience photographer who might just be in a hurry.
If you are in need of further assistance, please respond to this email or call our technical support center at 800-877-0155.
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I guess this would make it a type of "idiot" mode, but I've tried to push my k20d to make some type of auto ev adjustment and it doesn't seem like it's doing anything.
And just to re-clarify, this is the setting in the custom menu, NOT the setting when you do multi-exposure. "
But I wonder if there has been any more light shed on it since then.
Bill
Last edited by Billgscott; 10-21-2011 at 03:05 AM.
Reason: More info