I see I am not alone. Thank you everyone for confirming this. steve harley <p...@paper-ape.com> wrote:
>on 2013-03-13 15:30 Zos Xavius wrote >> Is anyone finding that their k-5 leans towards over exposure? I >often have to use -.7 to -1 ev compensation. I find this consistent >across old glass. With the kit lens and thr 12-24 it seems to do a bit >better, but still overexposes at times. I generally use matrix >metering. Even in well lit scenes in daylight. Sometimes with the same >glass it works fine at , but I'm forced to chimp constantly to look for >overexposure. Also the meter seems to jump around on the same scene. I >tried some shots between my k-7 and it was matching settings, so I >can't decide it my meter is working properly. There is generally a >1ev difference if I compare to live view with live view giving >the correct/better exposure reading. Any thoughts from you guys? I >bought this k-5 six months ago and I don't remember making -.7 the >norm on my k-7. I usually only had to add negative compensation at >night on that camera.... > >not me; with the K200d i used for 3.5 years, i wound up habitually >dialing in >-0.5, sometimes more, but my K-5 is less prone to overexpose so i >usually just >compensate when the scene suggests it; i've only had the K-5 three >months, so >the only lenses i've used much with it are an oldish A 50/1.7, >middle-aged FA >28/2.8, and "new" DA 15/4 > >i have had a lens whose aperture mechanism was failing, meaning it >would not >fully stop down by the time the shutter opened; that definitely caused >overexposure -- 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.
