Originally posted by pcarfan Falk,
Thanks for that info., didn't know. It was new to me and it opens up so many opportunities, so I thought I stumbled onto something cool and I'd share it
pcarfan,
You are right to brag about it, pentax equips its cameras quite well in this area. The K20 has the same capabilities is the K7, but without the onboard merging feature, which i don't care about.
If you want to see a writeup on HDR and pentax, you can find a article on Adorama about which new cameras do HDR well, and they had nice things to say about Pentax. The K10, K20 and K7 all have the capability to choose 3 or 5 exposures for HDR at up to 2 EV per step. Kx limits the number of exposures to 3 but allows up to a 3 EV step.
The multiple image feature is also plenty cool for water effects.
I helped lead a workshop from my photoclub on HDR, and 2 of the Nikon shooters, a D300 and a D5000 had to do some searching of their menus to put it in place, nothing as easy as the Pentax implementation, IMO.
Werticus, HDR can easily put the DR of any camera to shame. I understand and agree with some of what you are saying - but there are situations where HDR shines. I got tired of debating HDR with club members, so now i just smile when one of the anti-hdr members compliments one of my HDR images, without recognizing the role that HDR contributed.
I just sat in on a 1 day presentation from a professional who uses HDR in a very subtle manner. Her comment: HDR is the future - many cameras will have it onboard. (she was a Nikon owner and apparently wasn't aware that the K7 already has it onboard :-))
Last edited by philbaum; 07-19-2010 at 09:02 AM.