Were you using "X" sync "Av"..? Jack
--- On Sun, 11/21/10, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > From: paul stenquist <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: the first K5 miss I've encountered > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, November 21, 2010, 9:06 PM > As an addendum, both of the shots I > posted yesterday -- the bird and the squirrel -- were shot > with this same rig and ISO, so the K5 doesn't always miss > with these parameters. But I would prefer that it never > misses. > Paul > > > On Nov 22, 2010, at 12:03 AM, paul stenquist wrote: > > > When shooting high ISO with a flash XTender at close > range in high speed synch mode, i got a few gross > overexposures. I'm talking three or four stops over. Now, I > realize that I was shooting with a weird combination. > Normally, I wouldn't use the Xtender in close quarters, but > when it's mounted on the flash and a tight shot presents > itself, it can happen. I've done this before with the K7 and > K20 without that big a miss, but it was never at such a high > ISO. (I was shooting at 1250.) Not overly concerned about > this, but it seems that the P-TTL metering missed in this > case. > > Paul > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

