Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
12-23-2013, 10:42 PM
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Sterretje: Yes I'm using live view and it doesn't make any difference. When you're shooting almost straight up into the sky it's almost impossible for me to see the viewfinder, so yes we're using the LCD. Thanks for the help,
Don....
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
12-23-2013, 08:39 PM
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Ex Finn: please go back and read the above. I'm guessing you mean the "Program mode" for the "easy mode"? I've never shot the automatic/program mode on a camera and above here I stated that w Maybe I should have said "manual Mode"? And there is no reason not to use the LCD (hard enough to see that let alone the viewfinder!) I have the exposure I want on these shots, f8 at 1/250 sec. ISO 200 using manual. I'm new to Pentax but not photography. The camera I need help with.
Glad you liked the 4th image it was worked on in an imaging program -- to show that there was a lot of detail there.
Thanks,
Don....
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
12-23-2013, 04:39 PM
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Well the moon is coming up later each night, so I may not get to try again tonight, and it might be cloudy (has been a lot lately). I do appreciate the help. On some of our Canon's there was a DOF preview button, but even without that the moon looked okay, just like the photographs above, not the blown out one. If I figure it out I'll let you all know,
Crew1 I did have the camera set on spot metering, and usually keep it there. That didn't help.
Thanks again,
Don...
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
12-23-2013, 03:06 PM
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Thanks lister, but I was hoping for a different answer, the camera probably won't do it. I do have the AE set to spot -- doesn't change a thing. I use manual for most all my night shots of the moon, stars, lightning and fireworks. Good advice, we've been doing this for a long time, never had a LCD that bright. And this is with the very inexpensive 50-200mm DAL lens.
Thanks again,
Don....
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
12-23-2013, 01:48 PM
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When looking at the moon on the LCD of the K-500 This is what you see (graphic made to resemble the LCD) Hope this helps to explain what I'm looking for. It's impossible to manually focus on this. Even auto focus doesn't work.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
12-23-2013, 01:41 PM
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First, I can't find an adjustment for the brightness of the LCD on the K-500. It shows a page with 3 adjustments for Yellow / Green / Blue for brightness, is the only adjust.?
The problem arises when you try shooting the moon, the moon is a white ball that is totally burned out on the LCD. No detail or good edge detail to make is possible to manually focus the camera. Can you stop the lens down while doing this? I've found that using a tripod with the Stabilizer turned on is not a good thing. But otherwise you have to guess at the focus on the lens. Which is a slight bit backed off the affinity setting. This is hard to explain, but with the way I'm doing this, or with what the camera will let me do it's a guess getting the focus right.
Here is where I started: The SR was turned on with the camera on a tripod. This is image number 1 Number 2 is without the SR turned on. And the 3rd one is where I backed the focus ring off a hair and got lucky. Now the fourth one I worked on and it shows that there is a lot of detail available. How can I fix that LCD?
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