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atekant · 08-21-2012, 11:27 PM

- 2 week vacation in east coast US: Check
- travelling in NYC, Philadelphia, Boston which are some of the best photographing locations: Check
- taking a photography course in NYC: Check
- finding a Balloon Festival, driving 10 hours roundtrip to shoot over 500 great shots of balloons: Check

- coming home to find out you had +0.7 Ev compensation on the whole time: PRICELESS!!

Check your settings everyone.
I was wondering why a lot of the photos were coming out overexposed, and I was blaming the hot summer sun, coming from the Pacific NW.

Argun

JohnX · 08-22-2012, 02:44 AM

Recoverable if shooting RAW, which is why I always shoot RAW+.

Jonathan Mac · 08-22-2012, 03:12 AM

You should have bought a K200D: +0.7 EV comp is what produces properly exposed shots most of the time.

asp1880 · 08-22-2012, 04:36 AM

Set your camera to clear EC, WB and other potentially surprising settings at power-on. There's a menu item for that.

That said, I think most of us have had similar experiences to yours. I'm prone to leaving the camera on spot metering.
That's a hard button (yipee) and thus can't be cleared at power up (drat).

Regards,
--Anders.

**blackcloudbrew** · 08-22-2012, 05:35 AM

That's not too bad really. I once shot an entire series in broad daylight (for work too) on my K10 with it set at 1600 ISO(that's the max ISO for the K10) couldn't understand why my shutter speeds were so high! Even though I was shooting raw I had a lot of de-noise work to do on those images. Yuck!

jamarley · 08-22-2012, 05:50 AM

Been there, done that (well some of those places, anyway). I'm now better at checking my settings and have gotten in the habit of returning most everything to my preferred "normal" settings after each series of shots. All I need now is a way to not forget the memory card! Oh, and a way to correctly anticipate which lens to take when I'm traveling light.

Franky2step · 08-22-2012, 07:18 AM

I checked my menu on the K5 and couldn't identify where to set this. Can you tell me exactly where this setting can be set?

TIA

Franky2step

Originally posted by asp1880

Set your camera to clear EC, WB and other potentially surprising settings at power-on. There's a menu item for that.

That said, I think most of us have had similar experiences to yours. I'm prone to leaving the camera on spot metering.
That's a hard button (yipee) and thus can't be cleared at power up (drat).

Regards,
--Anders.

asp1880 · 08-22-2012, 01:29 PM

Originally posted by Franky2step

Can you tell me exactly where this setting can be set?

In the shooting (camera icon) menu tab, page 5, second from the bottom "Memory". Two pages of checkboxes that control which settings persist across power cycles.

Regards,
--Anders.

atekant · 08-22-2012, 06:43 PM

Thank you Anders. That should save some future pain.

/a

JinDesu · 08-22-2012, 06:52 PM

Had my Super ME set on 400 ISO film when I loaded 200 ISO film. Good thing I caught it early on.

Franky2step · 08-22-2012, 07:54 PM

Thanks Anders, set it tonight!

Franky2step

aleonx3 · 08-22-2012, 09:02 PM

Originally posted by atekant

- 2 week vacation in east coast US: Check
- travelling in NYC, Philadelphia, Boston which are some of the best photographing locations: Check
- taking a photography course in NYC: Check
- finding a Balloon Festival, driving 10 hours roundtrip to shoot over 500 great shots of balloons: Check

- coming home to find out you had +0.7 Ev compensation on the whole time: PRICELESS!!

Check your settings everyone.
I was wondering why a lot of the photos were coming out overexposed, and I was blaming the hot summer sun, coming from the Pacific NW.

Argun

Nothing is lost (especially +0.7Ev) if you take RAW and highlight clipping protection on. There are worst cases such as 1) leaving ISO at 1600 (previous outing at night) and use full auto mode or 2) WB set at tungsten (again previous outing at night) while taking JPEG outdoor in daylight.

08-21-2012, 11:27 PM	#1
atekant Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Vancouver Posts: 96	Priceless - 2 week vacation in east coast US: Check - travelling in NYC, Philadelphia, Boston which are some of the best photographing locations: Check - taking a photography course in NYC: Check - finding a Balloon Festival, driving 10 hours roundtrip to shoot over 500 great shots of balloons: Check - coming home to find out you had +0.7 Ev compensation on the whole time: PRICELESS!! Check your settings everyone. I was wondering why a lot of the photos were coming out overexposed, and I was blaming the hot summer sun, coming from the Pacific NW. Argun

08-22-2012, 05:50 AM	#6
jamarley Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Photos: Gallery Posts: 409	Been there, done that (well some of those places, anyway). I'm now better at checking my settings and have gotten in the habit of returning most everything to my preferred "normal" settings after each series of shots. All I need now is a way to not forget the memory card! Oh, and a way to correctly anticipate which lens to take when I'm traveling light. Last edited by jamarley; 08-22-2012 at 07:49 AM.

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aleonx3 Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Brampton, Ontario Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,996	Originally posted by atekant - 2 week vacation in east coast US: Check - travelling in NYC, Philadelphia, Boston which are some of the best photographing locations: Check - taking a photography course in NYC: Check - finding a Balloon Festival, driving 10 hours roundtrip to shoot over 500 great shots of balloons: Check - coming home to find out you had +0.7 Ev compensation on the whole time: PRICELESS!! Check your settings everyone. I was wondering why a lot of the photos were coming out overexposed, and I was blaming the hot summer sun, coming from the Pacific NW. Argun Nothing is lost (especially +0.7Ev) if you take RAW and highlight clipping protection on. There are worst cases such as 1) leaving ISO at 1600 (previous outing at night) and use full auto mode or 2) WB set at tungsten (again previous outing at night) while taking JPEG outdoor in daylight.

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