Originally posted by bdery I'd have to dig, I honestly don't remember but I know that with my K-1 ii when using manual mode with flash the preview remains bright, even with manual flash. I haven't played with those settings literally in years.
I've just checked and didn't find a setting for that. :O I'll have to do more testing to fid out about this. I do know the live view display is bright when using flash with the K-1. With the K-3 I believe it's dark however if exposure isn't right. It might be because I use often X-synch?
I haven't tested it but I'm sure at F8 it's going to be fine.
I did some looking at my K1 last evening, as far as I could see, there is nothing on the K1 that disconnects the screen brightness from the exposure settings other than setting the camera to X. There is, however, a setting that allows the sync speed to be modified between 1/90 second and 1/200 second.
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Originally posted by taktoon Thank You for Your info. Need to check menu again.
I own Irix 150 and laowa 100. They are great lenses. Using both on FF and APSC gives me a lot of options for product shoots. Sometimes I am limited with space (when the products are a lot bigger than macro) so I am looking for shorter focal length with good corner to corner performance. Fat fifty could be very good choice. Probably it will be my next lens. I need to check the LoCA results first when stopped down to F8 or F11.
I recall the D FA50/1.4 has very little, if any, LoCa at any aperture. Don't trust the DPReview test, as what they called LoCa was actually an OOF rendering of a green chain link fence.
I do a fair amount of product shooting, and I use focus stacking extensively to secure the required DOF. This lets me use the lens at it's best aperture rather than going down diffusion avenue.
I do modify my technique to the end use. If I know that the end use is going to be a phone screen, say for a throwaway image for Kijiji, I'm not terribly worried if there is a bit of diffusion, as reducing the file to phone screen dimensions will mask it. OTOH, if I know the results will be viewed on a 4K monitor, I make sure everything is as good as I can make it.