Hey, welcome to your Pentax years!
...set is to 1/160th or 1/250 at f6.3 and go for a walk
My suggestion: don't read, shoot!
Thanx for the tips.
I was just wanting to ride on the back of those wiser and more experienced people like you, rather than me having to spend weeks (if ever) learning what you've discovered. So already, your suggestion of turning off lens correction is interesting. I assume that's because you think that Adobe does a better job (?).
I bought a 2nd hand lens (FA 45-85mm) so I assume that I will need to make an adjustment to its focusing. Never had to do that before. I'm sure that I could work it out but any tips might be useful.
I noted from elsewhere on this forum your recommendation about Huelight. Thanx.
TAV mode is nice (I also like how P mode can be used as a starting point and varied so easily). However, for ETTR, I'd need to be manual anyway. Though I guess it depends on the shooting style / subject matter. This P-line thing I read in the manual sounds interesting though in reality I'd probably never use it.
Not used a Pentax before but have spent this evening trawling through the manual. It's beginning to come together. Haven't found focus lock yet.
Just been playing with the Flucard. My initial impression is that the software needs more work and that it's a bit of a gimmick. The one (only?) useful feature is that I can use the touch screen of my phone to choose the focus point which will be handy for focus stacking. No histogram and not even an exposure meter for shooting manual.
As for your suggestion of going for a walk, well, living where I do in London (or anywhere in London for that matter), I don't want to linger whilst I fumble the controls. A kid got stabbed dead for his bicycle (apparently) just a short walk from here earlier this week! I am planning some night time shots around here but want to get slicker in the execution first. What looks like an alien bazooka (probably on a tripod) will no doubt attract attention.
BTW, do you have a view of the dynamic range of this compared to the dynamic range of prints? I'm not into the artificial HDR look, and was wondering whether a single shot from the 645z would capture the same dynamic range as a print would be capable of presenting. Perhaps that's a subject for another thread.
