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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-22-2010, 03:49 PM
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I have noticed a black spec on my images a few weeks ago, and after cleaning the lens and the filter vigorously, I cannot get rid of it. It's always been in the same place on the image, but not every picture has it. Now this weekend, I noticed another! I have tried the sensor cleaning feature on the camera too, but still no luck. Does anyone know what could be causing this? I have a K100D Super. Thanks.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-13-2010, 05:44 PM
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Sorry for my late reply. The high ISO made me think that my pics would be too bright also, but it seems that the sunlight is dull. After experimenting in Aperture, the middle slider on the Levels feature, seemed to correct it to a natural image the best it could.
Here is one uncorrected pic I noticed in which I thought the sun would have lit everything up more. Of course, converting to JPEG also seems to brighten pics up, in my opinion!
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-09-2010, 06:42 PM
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Yeah, that's what I thought too. My exposure bias was zero, so I'm not sure what caused the darkening. The sunlight on the ground looks dim, and the shadows look darker than normal. Almost as if I had a filter on. Oh well. I will brighten them up, and really make sure I have the right ISO next time.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-09-2010, 11:40 AM
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While out on a nice, sunny, bright day, I made the fatal mistake of not checking the ISO while shooting. Turned out to be on 800 all day. and would have liked it much lower. So all my photos turned out dark.
I shoot in RAW, and use Aperture. The Brightness slider seemed to work the best to restore the image to a near-natural look. Anyone have any other suggestions?
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
07-15-2010, 06:38 PM
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I do shoot in RAW, and use Aperture to import my photos. I can usually correct an over-exposed sky, but sometimes there's not a whole lot I can do. But I am a beginner at that software too.
But it sounds like it's better to have a good sky, then bring up the foreground later in post? Which is better for landscapes like this. Center weighted metering, or multi-segment?
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
07-13-2010, 06:33 PM
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Besides the ND filter suggestion, are there any strategies/settings that will maybe mix the exposure of the bright sky and darker foreground, to come to a happy medium?
Sometimes those same pictures turn out fine, where I get good cloud definition and relatively decent foreground. But sometimes they turn out poorly, like the ones I posted. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
07-11-2010, 08:49 PM
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Thanks for the replies. This camera usually does pretty good in these situations, but these last 2 rolls I've had lots of overexposure, and I'm worried that the camera accident might have jacked it up.
This pic below should have the data attached to it. The sky behind the mountains is actually a storm that was barrelling in on me. But do you see the white blob in the middle, then it seems to fade away in bands? I've never seen it that bad. It reminds me of the crappy pictures my camcorder used to take.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
07-11-2010, 02:14 PM
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Can anyone help on why I'm getting bad exposure? Currently, I've been shooting on Program, and this last roll from this weekend's hike, I noticed that the sky just looks like crap. I've always had a little bit of issues with the white clouds on a blue sky seeming to be overexposed, but this is ridiculous.
I just hope nothing is wrong with my camera, K100D Super, as it accidentally rolled down a hill inside the camera bag a 2 weeks ago. It's a good case, and there seemed to be no damage, but now I'm starting to wonder. And the pics I took just last weekend (one week after the accident) seemed to be alright. But these pics from this weekend below are much worse. On the other hand, maybe this is an easy fix by making an adjustment or two. Any help would be appreciated.
I've attached a few photos for examples.
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