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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-10-2008, 03:51 PM
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I usually shoot in program mode and nudge the camera towards the aperature range I want -- I was hoping the scene mode would save some shots on a new camera, but I think I only confused myself...
I should have started with a big hello to everyone -- nice forum and good threads from what I've seen.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-09-2008, 04:22 PM
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Marc, you're right, of course. I was hoping I could take this new camera on vacation and get at least my usual level of photos, but really, I'm just learning how the camera behaves picture after picture. Even with all the automatic modes, this camera has a rather steep learning curve. Part of this is also the new lens that requires a bit of finese to avoid chromatic abberation city.
Prior to this, I shot with the Sony F707 for 7 years - I knew exactly how that camera would react -- allowing me to take some pretty rewarding shots. I have my work cut out for me on the Pentax.
I would do better to start using the histogram. I don't find the k200d lcd good enough to judge much beyond framing of a picture, so the histogram would be useful.
Thanks,
DR
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-09-2008, 09:38 AM
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Right on. I also noticed that fine sharpening introduces too much noise in blue skies.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-09-2008, 09:31 AM
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Great to hear from everyone. Ah - it wasn't poor metering, but light reflecting off the wet stones into my lens -- makes sense. I normally do not use a filter, but it makes sense that on a day like that, a polarized filter would have been a sensible precaution (I purchased a decent one a month ago and never took it out of the package).
I will try the autobracket shot out too - I think it would be a good learning tool.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-08-2008, 03:00 PM
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I took the picture below on a rainy day. As you can see, I blew the highlights on this and a few other pictures. The rain glossy streets were very reflective, but at the same time, it was a bit dark out because of the clouds. To play it safe (I just got my k200d and had not shot with it much before this), I switched to Landscape scene, which selected: 1. multi segment metering 2. iso 200. My lens is the Tamron 18-250 (no filters).
Any advice on how to better deal with such dynamic lighting? Should I be toying with the dynamic range option? Thanks all...
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-08-2008, 11:50 AM
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Dpreview has a brief explanation of the fine sharpen option as it applies to the k20d: Pentax K20D Review: 15. Features: Digital Photography Review
It's interesting that dpreview did not mention this in their review of the k200d, so I can't be sure that k200d is doing the same thing. In fact, they were rather critical of k200d's oversharpening of pictures, whereas they said that in regular sharpening mode on the k20d, one could never get the pictures sharp enough.
A clearer explanation from Pentax would really help.
My own observation (I have a k200d) is that fine sharpening causes too much artifacting of noisier regions in a picture. To be clear, yes, sharpening noise is always a bad idea :lol:, but even average dynamically lit scenes have their share of low light noise and fine sharpening brings out the worst in those areas. I find regular sharpening mode to be much more forgiving, and therefore more useful in outdoor shooting.
This a very interesting topic, so I would love to hear what others have found...
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