What in the hell is a C*non? On Aug 29, 2006, at 6:09 AM, Douglas Newman 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 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
