Help- K3 exposure questions

Jerome Smith · 10-12-2016, 11:39 PM

lightbender, your camer should not be giving you those results. Those are terrible exposures. I think we can all tell you how to compensate for your problem. However you said it was used when purchased. I would like very much to see you reset the camera back to the factory defaults and then repost a few pictures. Then we have a known starting point to help you. Thanks.

lightbender · 10-17-2016, 02:02 PM

You know, I think that is a good idea--just return to factory settings and start over. I have the suggested settings in this site's review of the K3 to follow.

thanks for the help!

lightbender · 01-08-2017, 04:44 PM - **2 Likes**

I realize I'm opening an old thread, but I wanted to get back here and thank the people who helped out and didn't think I was a Nikon troll or whatever. I did put the camera down for a while and played with some mirrorless stuff. But I got back to the K-3 and wiped the camera to factory settings. I followed the settings suggestions from the K-3 review on this site and am going to continue to use some of the great comments I got. Here's what I ended up with: The top photo is from a Nikon 7100. The middle is the Pentax photo that had me worried. The last is a photo of the same scene after re-setting the camera. The bottom photo is definitely the closest to the real colors. The paint is ivory, not white and not gray. So thanks all, I'm taking to the K-3 with renewed energy. Thanks from Scott

**Des** · 01-09-2017, 05:05 AM

Great to hear it Scott. Looks like the previous owner had some idiosyncratic settings. You can now tweak to your taste.

01-08-2017, 04:44 PM - 2 Likes	#18
lightbender New Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Colorado Posts: 14 Original Poster	My K-3 exposure issues revisited--success! I realize I'm opening an old thread, but I wanted to get back here and thank the people who helped out and didn't think I was a Nikon troll or whatever. I did put the camera down for a while and played with some mirrorless stuff. But I got back to the K-3 and wiped the camera to factory settings. I followed the settings suggestions from the K-3 review on this site and am going to continue to use some of the great comments I got. Here's what I ended up with: The top photo is from a Nikon 7100. The middle is the Pentax photo that had me worried. The last is a photo of the same scene after re-setting the camera. The bottom photo is definitely the closest to the real colors. The paint is ivory, not white and not gray. So thanks all, I'm taking to the K-3 with renewed energy. Thanks from Scott Attached Images

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10-12-2016, 11:39 PM	#16
Jerome Smith Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cocoa,FL Posts: 41	lightbender, your camer should not be giving you those results. Those are terrible exposures. I think we can all tell you how to compensate for your problem. However you said it was used when purchased. I would like very much to see you reset the camera back to the factory defaults and then repost a few pictures. Then we have a known starting point to help you. Thanks.

10-17-2016, 02:02 PM	#17
lightbender New Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Colorado Posts: 14 Original Poster	You know, I think that is a good idea--just return to factory settings and start over. I have the suggested settings in this site's review of the K3 to follow. thanks for the help!

01-09-2017, 05:05 AM	#19
Des Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Victoria Australia Photos: Albums Posts: 6,423	Great to hear it Scott. Looks like the previous owner had some idiosyncratic settings. You can now tweak to your taste.