> In either case, the camera should be > smart enough to know to cancel power down when a photo is being > taken in bulb mode.
Yes very true, but it's an easy workaround fot the present. John ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:06:33 -0700 Subject: K10D, EXIF and manual lenses - how stupid! > > We will have to see whether this can be fixed through firmware. At > > present the K10D apparently cannot be used in Bulb mode beyond 30 > > seconds or so. > > What's the default time the camera stays active before powering down > if not in use? 30 seconds? > > John > > ----- > > A Pentax marketing guy has been able to work around the problem by > shutting off the power down setting. But another user found that one > time his camera could stay on in bulb mode for 15 minutes even with > the power down activated, and another time the camera went out of > bulb mode after 32 seconds. In either case, the camera should be > smart enough to know to cancel power down when a photo is being > taken in bulb mode. > > Joe > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom > it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. If you have received an email in error please notify > Carmel College on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it > from your systems. > > Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email > attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be > free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. > > Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for > inappropriate content, the college cannot be held responsible for > the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not > necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel College cannot be held > responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ------- End of Original Message ------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received an email in error please notify Carmel College on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it from your systems. Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for inappropriate content, the college cannot be held responsible for the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel College cannot be held responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

