Dear All, This is something that really annoys me about my C*non so I am wondering if it is different on Pentax's D-SLRs (specifically the K100D, but they're probably all the same in this respect).
Like most modern cameras, the 20D goes to "sleep" after a few seconds. On a N*kon D-SLR you can press ANY button and the camera will wake up. The C*non needs yout half-press the shutter to wake it up. This drives me nuts - I still can't get used to it after a year. For example, let's say I just took some outdoor photos at ISO 100. Now I walk indoors. I want to take a photo at ISO 800 and switch from Daylight to Tungsten white balance. On the C*non, I have to half-press the shutter, thus activating the AF and metering, THEN change ISO and WB, and of course take the photo after that. On the N*kons, you could just wake up the camera by pressing the "ISO" or "WB" button, not having to pointlessly activate the metering and AF when I'm not ready to take the shot anyway. On a Pentax, can I wake up the camera from its slumber by e.g. pressing the "Fn" button, or does it require the half-press of the shutter like the C*non? Oddly, I never see this mentioned in reviews. I never even noticed it about the C*non until after I bought it - it didn't come up when I played around with it in the shop. It won't influence my purchase decision (I've already decided to buy), but it would be awfully nice if in this respect the Pentax is more like a N*kon than a C*non. New Doug __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
