What on earth difference does it make which button you use? One button is as good as another, surely.
You make it sound as though the AF and metering have to rub their eyes, yawn, make unpleasant noises, and then ask where their breakfast is. Come on. John On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:09:35 +0100, Douglas Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
