Originally posted by skyoftexas I'm still waiting for you to tell me something I don't know. But since I didn't include a biography on myself in post, I guess that makes it open for people such as yourself to make assumptions and jump on with both feet. I thought mentioning that I was shooting a wedding would give a hint that I at least know which end of the camera to point.
I've seen too many wedding photographers over my 40 year career as a wedding photographer to assume anyone knows even that much.
What you don't seem to know is that the histogram will be much more useful to you than any review screen adjustment.
Quote: My question was whether there was already a discovered method to get a more responsive LCD screen on the K5. If simply lowering the brightness is the answer, then so be it. But somehow I doubt it. That sounds like to me one would have to constantly change it when one goes in and outside (such as one does in weddings). I believe the camera's monitor should be more sophisticated than that. Unless, you have in mind a more sophisticated calibration method. If so, please identify it, because such a method is NOT in the manual.
I adjusted my review screen so that it looks more or less like my calibrated monitor under the viewing conditions I have at my desk, but it really is only so so helpful compared to the histogram and a good solid knowledge of how the camera behaves.
I'm not sure how much more sophistication you think there should be. The screen has a fairly wide adjustment range for both colour and density, and I don't know of any screen on a camera that self adjusts for ambient light.
If you are going to adjust screen brightness to compensate for the light falling on it, you can only use it for checking composition, as exposure is no longer dependable.
What is even better is to learn how to expose so that you aren't checking the screen all the time. The K7/K5 is actually pretty good in this department, far better than previous generations of Pentax DSLRs.
In any case, the histogram will tell you far more about the technical quality of what you've got than the review screen will ever be capable of.
Quote: As far as Canon's being "properly calibrated," I don't think so. Given the circumstances in which I have been exposed to Canon cameras, I'm pretty sure no one is going around calibrating their monitors.
Depending on the Canon, they may be coming from the factory with a closer calibration to the exposure, but even if they do, as soon as the screen density gets adjusted to compensate for the light falling on it, it can no longer be trusted for anything more than checking composition.