{"id":11532,"date":"2014-03-23T08:46:17","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T15:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=11532"},"modified":"2014-03-23T08:46:17","modified_gmt":"2014-03-23T15:46:17","slug":"snow-pictures-pentax-24ew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=11532","title":{"rendered":"Snow Pictures Pentax 24EW"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Why would I choose to use a point and shoot film camera to take pictures in the snow?\u00a0 Exposure compensation is my answer.\u00a0 The Pentax 24EW\u00a0has the best exposure compensation system of any point and shoot I have or am aware of.\u00a0 It allows +-3 EV in half steps.\u00a0 That is an enormous bonus when shooting in the snow which tends to be very bright and cause camera metering systems to over compensate resulting in an under exposed image.\u00a0\u00a0Using the Pentax 24Ew\u00a0in this case I dialed in +1 to +2 EV which means that the shutter would stay open twice\u00a0to four times as long\u00a0 for the same aperture.\u00a0 The other thing that you want to do when taking pictures in the snow is to ensure the flash doesn’t fire.\u00a0 If it does it can cause some areas to be over exposed and if the light catches falling snow flakes they are likely to become just bright little lights obscuring the image.\u00a0 And the other reason\u00a0for using this camera is of course it’s 24mm wide end of the zoom range.\u00a0 Other posts that include the Pentax 24ew\u00a0 Wide angle Point and Shoot<\/a>\u00a0 Pentax 24ew\u00a0the Ewwwwww<\/a>\u00a0 E X T R A\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 W I D E<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t