Close range, two stop meter confusion, fast shutter, high ISO and intense lighting. Think I'd forgive the "confusion." ;)
Jack --- On Mon, 11/22/10, 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: Monday, November 22, 2010, 6:22 AM > No. TV with 1/800th shutter speed. > The ap varied from 5.6 to 8. > Paul > > On Nov 22, 2010, at 9:16 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > 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. > > > -- > 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.
