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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
12-24-2013, 05:29 AM
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I can't understand what's going on and why it's not working for you. The only thing I can imagine is that the K-500 behaves differently from the K-30 which would be odd as it is supposedly the same camera just packaged differently. That or maybe there is some elusive setting that is changing the behaviour.
For me once I found the spot metering and EV compensation solution it has never been a problem to get a decent image of the moon on the LCD.
Did you try the different modes as I suggested ? (for viewing and focusing, not when actually shooting the photo)
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
12-23-2013, 04:26 PM
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That's odd because it works on my K-30. Its some time ago since I last shot the moon with the K-30 so there might be some detail I'm forgetting but for sure it can be done. I used it with a Tamron 18-250 and a Sigma 150-500 which admittedly aren;t very fast lenses but also with a Tamron 90 F2.8 and could always get a a good image on the LCD with the AE adjustment and spot metering.
Have you tried different modes (P, Av, Manual etc) - not for the actual shot but for composing and focusing - I remember that in some modes the LCD did stay too bright despite these adjustments.
@crew1 - that won;t help much - what we need to regulate is the sensitivity of the sensor not the actual brightness of the display - the image is saturated already before being sent to the display.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
12-23-2013, 01:58 PM
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First set the AE to spot metering, it will dim the image considerably, providing of course that the moon is right at the centre.
If that is not enough just apply exposure compensation. The exposure compensation will actually affect the brightness of the live view image. I'm not sure though if it does in every mode, you may need to turn the mode dial to P or some other mode.
Then focus and after having focused set back the mode dial to whatever you meant it to be originally, and set the exposure compensation back to zero.
Best if you shoot in manual exposure and get the correct exposure by trial and error.
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