Stan said:
Not exactly an explanation of when/why to use the Green Button,
but of course you get that in your initial familiarization from the clerk
at the store where you buy the camera...
Did you intentionally leave out the smiley? :)
When I bought my K100D Super (1st DSLR purchase) the
On Sep 24, 2014, at 6:53 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Stan said:
Not exactly an explanation of when/why to use the Green Button,
but of course you get that in your initial familiarization from the clerk
at the store where you buy the camera...
Did you intentionally leave
-Original Message- From: P.J. Alling
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 6:35 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: Get with the times (FF DSLR, etc)
It's not that the lenses have to be coded, the aperture is inconsistent
with the movement of the stop down lever in pre A lenses
: Friday, September 19, 2014 10:52 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: Get with the times (FF DSLR, etc)
when I use the green button metering/setting, its only to get me in the
ballpark. I then fine tune
the exposure with either and or both the shutter speed and aperture
setting using
buggering around
I
have decided to get rid of all my pre-FA lenses move with the
times. AF
AV makes life a hell of a lot easier.
Alan C
-Original Message- From: JC OConnell
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 10:52 PM
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Subject: Re: Get with the times (FF DSLR
-engineering
the lens innards is the only sure solution. Some fanatics have actually done
just that. I may well have done so too if I was into this 10 years ago.
Alan C
-Original Message-
From: P.J. Alling
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 6:35 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: Get
with
great success). And I agree - get the cameras in the shops - it's almost
Christmas.
Alan C
-Original Message-
From: John Celio
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 7:14 PM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Get with the times
Ricoh is not going to bring back the aperture simulator. Give it up
Quoting John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com:
Ricoh is not going to bring back the aperture simulator. Give it up
and stop whining about it already!
Supporting old lenses is not good for business, no matter how many old
farts like JCO try to insist otherwise. Ricoh is in the business of
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote:
If people really want to use pre-A
lenses, they can easily work in M mode and use Sunny 16 like we all did long
ago ( waste no film).
Pentax has actually given us a lot more than that. Most everyone knows
that the Green Button can
I realize that this feature goes back to some Pentax film cameras
since the mid-80s, but it (along with Hyper Program) is another
example of a great Pentax innovation that is kept under the radar by
the inscrutable marketing of Pentax.
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Darren Addy
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 09:08:09AM -0500, Darren Addy wrote:
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote:
If people really want to use pre-A
lenses, they can easily work in M mode and use Sunny 16 like we all did long
ago ( waste no film).
Pentax has actually given us a
Errr good point, John.
as you were
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 12:39 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote:
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 09:08:09AM -0500, Darren Addy wrote:
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote:
If people really want to use pre-A
lenses, they can easily
Pentax has definitely failed to promote the Green button. To me it's
just a Mystery Button that I could just as easily cover over with
black electrical tape.
After it got talked about here a few years ago, I made the effort to
read up on it. The manual left me scratching my head, but folks here
when I use the green button metering/setting, its only to get me in the
ballpark. I then fine tune
the exposure with either and or both the shutter speed and aperture
setting using the histogram/lcd.
works for me.
jco
On 9/19/2014 4:38 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
Pentax has definitely failed to
on 2014-09-19 14:38 Bruce Walker wrote
I think the issue with the manual is there's
no overview or Big Picture -- why it was added.
perhaps we could crowd source an improved manual here?
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There is something about this here:
http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/products/k-3/feature/03.html
Scroll down to Hyper Control system. But it's not mentioned in the K-3 manual.
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
I realize that this feature goes back
The green button is a mystery because it does so many different things.
In manual mode it recenters everything press the green button while
holding down the exposure compensation button it resets that control to
zero, it does that with a number of setting, press it down while holding
down the
In the K-3 manual, see page 11 and page 73, primarily focused on the choices
and processes involved in customizing the various buttons and E-dials.
Not exactly an explanation of when/why to use the Green Button, but of course
you get that in your initial familiarization from the clerk at the
Ricoh is not going to bring back the aperture simulator. Give it up
and stop whining about it already!
Supporting old lenses is not good for business, no matter how many old
farts like JCO try to insist otherwise. Ricoh is in the business of
selling cameras and NEW lenses, and their profits lie
I do not agree with JC's whining but I will defend, to the death, his
Right to Whine.
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 12:14 PM, John Celio
neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com wrote:
Ricoh is not going to bring back the aperture simulator. Give it up
and stop whining about it already!
Supporting old lenses
John Celio wrote:
Ricoh is not going to bring back the aperture simulator. Give it up
and stop whining about it already!
Supporting old lenses is not good for business, no matter how many old
farts like JCO try to insist otherwise. Ricoh is in the business of
selling cameras and NEW lenses,
I will defend, to the death, his Right to Whine.
Red or white?
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
- Original Message -
From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Get with the times
I do not agree with JC's whining but I will defend
- Original Message -
From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Get with the times
I do not agree with JC's whining but I will defend, to the death, his
Right to Whine.
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 12:14 PM, John Celio
neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com wrote:
Ricoh is not going to bring
On 18/9/14, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:
There is one simple feature that the Pentax DSLRs lack that would
increase sales more than anything else that they could possibly do, get
the cameras into stores where people can see them in person and buy them.
Nail - head.
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