I think its in Italian flag mode, did you get the K10D World cup edition 
or something?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Well, the other day I decided to take a look at this k lens 
> underexposure issue (which appears to be a real problem) and instead 
> found another problem.  Here are the pictures:
> 
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
> 
> This is a series of pictures of a white piece of tissue used to wrap a 
> Christmas gift.  Light was natural, white balance manually set.  Updated 
> firmware.  Obviously, many of these are 1 or 2 stops underexposed, but, 
> I was startled at the bands of color (green to the left, magenta to the 
> right).
> 
> Photos 1-3:  Three is probably close to being exposed properly, but it 
> still has a hint of the problem.  The others show it clearly.
> 
> Photos 4-6:  So I decided to look at photos that were overexposed at 
> different f stops.  I don't see the problem in 4 and 5, but it shows up 
> again in 6.
> 
> Photos 7-9:  So I thought to change lenses.  Still there on 9, small 
> aperture again.
> 
> Photo 10:  Might as well check the problem at 400 sensitivity.  A hint 
> of the problem.
> 
> Photo 11: There it is again.
> 
> Seems that the combination of high sensitivity, small aperture and 
> underexposure causes the problem.
> 
> I also tried RAW and normal instead of bright mode, this did not cause 
> the problem to be eliminated.
> 
> So, is this just the infamous banding problem magnified a bit?
> 
> Is this just my camera?  I hope someone can verify for me that this is 
> just a characteristic of this camera.  Not that this would thrill me, 
> because I expect something to work properly, but at least I wouldn't 
> send my camera in again.
> 
> I know that I am not likely to shoot under these conditions, but it 
> would be nice if the camera worked properly just the same.
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Someone handed me a picture and said, "This is a picture of me when I 
was younger." Every picture of you is when you were younger. "...Here's 
a picture of me when I'm older." Where'd you get that camera man?
- Mitch Hedberg

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