I know, it's 2018. I'm still using my K-30 I bought as soon as it came out five years ago. It's all I have, and right now it is (and HAS BEEN) giving me fits. I am having to depend on it to take photos for eBay. I am having to rely on eBay for survival right now, and I have to take a LOT of photos, of many different types of items, from jewelry to vintage radios.
I am limited in my setup. I only have two 18" dual-fluorescent-tube Dazor desk lamps on articulating arms (from the '50s) to use as lights. I position the lights as close to the items as I can, and can usually get the item lit well, but the K-30 just doesn't work consistently.
What happens is sorta encapsulated in the screenshot i've att'd. One pic will be ok, and "true" as far as color goes, then without any warning, or moving of the camera, the next photo will have this huge dark yellow band at some point across it. The band can be either at the top or in the middle, or on both top and bottom.
I'm able to finagle with the sliders in "Levels" in photoshop to get the "color correct" finished photos brightened and presentable. Even with the initial photos being as dark as they are, I have taught myself a little trick with the sliders in "levels" using the histogram, and it generally works every time. However, on the photos with the dark yellow bands, that does not work to get the yellow out.
This is getting more frustrating for me, the more I'm having to use the camera, as you can see from the screenshot, I'm having to take 5 or 6 times the number of shots than I would if the darn thing would just WORK CONSISTENTLY. It's actually slowing me down tremendously, as far as getting items listed.
I use "auto" setting, because I really don't have the expertise or time to adjust settings between each shot.
Can anyone tell me what the heck is wrong with the K-30? or is it just "how they are" with this kind of light? Or is it me? It almost looks to me like the "rolling" effect you get when trying to film a tv screen...it seems to progress from top to bottom as the shots progress. I'm almost about to ask my buddy if I can borrow his Canon. I don't remember this "dark yellow band" thing happening when i first got the K-30, but then I wasn't doing this specific type of photo, either. Thanks in advance.
Well, I tried to attach a screenshot, and it won't let me. It says I am at my limit. I haven't "attached" anything to a post since 2014. I went in and tried to delete some attachments, and it won't let me do that, either. So, I went in and deleted all the old albums I had up and put the screenshot in an "album". I guess folks can somehow navigate to that to see what I'm talking about.