Originally posted by cpopham Sorry to hear about your poor experience - myself, I don't use it for anything other than daylight fill anymore, after too many cases of drooping eyelids. The goods news is auto mode works pretty damn well with the camera on manual, and Pentax actually thought to give us a proper auto mode too.
Either that, or you can just take a fair number of shots, and hope you get one without eyelids beginning to close
Having seen the way a lot of new people behave on camera forums, unless they're all talk, then I wouldn't assume that expensive gear doesn't mean newbies...
Well it was not just the half closed eyes... but the exposure comping that needed to be done. And you are right... expensive gear does not necessarily mean the veterans are leaving. But a few who have left have been around for a while.
There are plenty of newbies who can afford K20's, 540's and a bucket full of limiteds... only to get frustrated because they need to take the camera off of Auto
I don't cry for them.
Originally posted by Miserere Does that mean you're leaving us?
I've had no experience with P-TTL flash. If I ever use flash, which is very, very rare, I have an old Vivitar 2600 that I fire remotely and have the camera on M. I keep meaning to buy the 540 flash, but my funds always seem to go towards more glass
At least it's fast glass
I dont think I can afford to leave... unfortunately and
I love playing with the old lenses and the fast glass. I have really enjoyed
my K100d for 92% of what I shoot. But the other 8% are important shots too, usually family schnaportraits at family events...
The kids are also getting older and more active and the tracking AF is less than stellar.
I do not think I can afford buy into a new system without selling the old one. And from my previous camera experience, once you get a new system your time and energy goes into getting the best from it, so the old camera gets little use...
I am still on the fence, but the AF and flash looks better in the other yard... But you know what they say "the flash always looks greener on the other side"