No, he has a very good usability point. If you're going to press the white balance button anyway, that should also wake the camera up. Otherwise he has to press at least 2 buttons. It's good usability to wake up when he presses any button, just as your PC wakes up when you press any key or move the mouse.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John Forbes > Sent: 29 August 2006 11:32 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Stupid Pentax D-SLR Question > > 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 > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
