Larry thanks for the tips as I am still attempting to figure out all the different and many settings on the K-R.
Jeffery -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:23 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: A few more pictures On Feb 16, 2011, at 10:57 PM, John Coyle wrote: > I'm not a cat person myself, so the subject is only OK for me! But, a > distinct improvement with the exposures, Jeffery, you seem to be > nailing that. For the moon shot, if memory serves me right you need > to overexpose by 2-3 stops compared with the automatic meter setting > to get a bright moon surface (correct me if I'm wrong, PDML'ers!) > My technique is to put the camera in M, set the the aperture, then use the green button to set shutter speed (I have the green button configured to Av mode). I then chimp the histogram and adjust so that the brights are just short of clipping (Expose To The Right). Also, the moon is actually better to shoot at half than at full, because you get more depth cues from shadows of the edges of the craters. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
