Re: K-5IIs First Impressions
IIRC, and sometimes I do, if you hit the OK button then an arrow button, you are in focus point mode (if the focus point lights up red). I had it figured out last week, but… On Sep 13, 2013, at 10:49 , Bruce Walker wrote: Me too. It's modal; you can't tell which mode it's in without experimentally pushing a button; and I could never figure out what reliably sets it in one mode or the other. Luckily it got stuck in focus-point select which is what I need most often, so I was able to live with it during my evaluation. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: You hit upon my sole gripe with the K-5. Everything else was so minor as to be unworthy of note to me, but that one still vexes me. -- Walt Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com -- 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.
Re: K-5IIs First Impressions
ah! i'll give that a try . . . thanks, Joseph. On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: IIRC, and sometimes I do, if you hit the OK button then an arrow button, you are in focus point mode (if the focus point lights up red). I had it figured out last week, but… On Sep 13, 2013, at 10:49 , Bruce Walker wrote: Me too. It's modal; you can't tell which mode it's in without experimentally pushing a button; and I could never figure out what reliably sets it in one mode or the other. Luckily it got stuck in focus-point select which is what I need most often, so I was able to live with it during my evaluation. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: You hit upon my sole gripe with the K-5. Everything else was so minor as to be unworthy of note to me, but that one still vexes me. -- Walt Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com -- 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. -- Photography's greatest handicap is the ease with which the medium as such can be learned. As a result, too many budding neophytes learn to speak the language too long before they have anything to say. - Will Connell -- 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.
Re: K-5IIs First Impressions
Give it a workout in low light at ISO 6400 or so. That's where it blows away the older Pentax cameras. Paul On Sep 12, 2013, at 11:51 PM, Brendan MacRae bpmac...@gmail.com wrote: First new Pentax I've had since the K-20D arrived yesterday. Here are the the things I liked immediately: - Locking Mode Dial - ISO/compensation buttons and location - LCD -100% Finder - Overall build quality - low-light focusing is a big improvement - price from Adorama was 995 with a $100 gift card (card was put toward battery grip) Things I didn't like: - not sure if I want the fn button back or not - a movie button would be nice but having it on the mode dial is fine - the SD card door on the K-20 feels more solid than on the K-5IIs - focus point select and four-way get in each others way I probably say this about every Pentax and I know it cuts across the grain as far as their design principle goes but it's too small for me. I bought the battery grip like I did with the K-10/20 so there's more to hold and makes it bit heavier which I like in a camera. I shot some video today and was really pleased at the results. I will put it up on the HD monitor tomorrow and see what it looks like there. Overall, I'm not disappointed. The slow low-light focusing of the K-20D was a big issue for me, the new focusing system is much improved. The new LCD is very sharp and I like the layout of the menus - easy to navigate as always (I recently had the misfortune of trying to navigate the menu on a ND7100 - and no joke, it was a nightmare). I'll really try to give it a workout over the weekend and maybe even post a picture or two. -Brendan -- Photography's greatest handicap is the ease with which the medium as such can be learned. As a result, too many budding neophytes learn to speak the language too long before they have anything to say. - Will Connell -- 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.
Re: K-5IIs First Impressions
Me too. It's modal; you can't tell which mode it's in without experimentally pushing a button; and I could never figure out what reliably sets it in one mode or the other. Luckily it got stuck in focus-point select which is what I need most often, so I was able to live with it during my evaluation. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: You hit upon my sole gripe with the K-5. Everything else was so minor as to be unworthy of note to me, but that one still vexes me. -- Walt On 9/12/2013 10:51 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: - focus point select and four-way get in each others way -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
Re: K-5IIs First Impressions
You hit upon my sole gripe with the K-5. Everything else was so minor as to be unworthy of note to me, but that one still vexes me. -- Walt On 9/12/2013 10:51 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: - focus point select and four-way get in each others way -- 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.
K-5IIs First Impressions
First new Pentax I've had since the K-20D arrived yesterday. Here are the the things I liked immediately: - Locking Mode Dial - ISO/compensation buttons and location - LCD -100% Finder - Overall build quality - low-light focusing is a big improvement - price from Adorama was 995 with a $100 gift card (card was put toward battery grip) Things I didn't like: - not sure if I want the fn button back or not - a movie button would be nice but having it on the mode dial is fine - the SD card door on the K-20 feels more solid than on the K-5IIs - focus point select and four-way get in each others way I probably say this about every Pentax and I know it cuts across the grain as far as their design principle goes but it's too small for me. I bought the battery grip like I did with the K-10/20 so there's more to hold and makes it bit heavier which I like in a camera. I shot some video today and was really pleased at the results. I will put it up on the HD monitor tomorrow and see what it looks like there. Overall, I'm not disappointed. The slow low-light focusing of the K-20D was a big issue for me, the new focusing system is much improved. The new LCD is very sharp and I like the layout of the menus - easy to navigate as always (I recently had the misfortune of trying to navigate the menu on a ND7100 - and no joke, it was a nightmare). I'll really try to give it a workout over the weekend and maybe even post a picture or two. -Brendan -- Photography's greatest handicap is the ease with which the medium as such can be learned. As a result, too many budding neophytes learn to speak the language too long before they have anything to say. - Will Connell -- 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.
