On 5/1/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also... I found the Mom to be kind of funny and I can understand the frazzle > as you note. What was most amusing was the advice to turn off the AF, > knowing that the mom is likely taking pictures of the kids, and the AF will > likely help get the quick takes (unless shooting in very low light with a > slow lens)... then the suggestion that maybe the lens isn't on tight > enough. When's the last time you had a K-mount lens on your camera not > tight enough? :-)
Just before it hit the ground.:-) Dave > > > > Tom C. > > > > >From: "cbwaters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: Clueless - on Yahoo Groups *istD > >Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 14:59:35 -0400 > > > >I have two girls, 7 & 8 years old. > >I totally understand where this mom is coming from. > >It's easy to read mindless drivel on the inter-web (pdml?) with kids > >running > >around. Reading for comprehension? Well, lets just say I didn't read a > >novel for years after Dana was born. > > > >CW > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 2:38 PM > >Subject: Re: Clueless - on Yahoo Groups *istD > > > > > > > She's probably a very sweet mom, which isn't a bad thing nowadays. Just > >a > > > little technically challenged. :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > > >>From: "wendy beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > >>To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > >>Subject: Re: Clueless - on Yahoo Groups *istD > > >>Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 14:35:46 -0400 > > >> > > >>kiss a booboo? > > >> > > >>On 5/1/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > There is a very silly conversation that just occured in the Yahoo > >*istD > > >> > group. I've omitted the names to protect the innocent. > > >> > > > >> > QUESTION: OK let me preface this by saying that I know I could > >probably > > >>get > > >> > the > > >> > answer by reading my user manual. However... I have 3 kids uner 5 and > > >> > they have not given me any time to read. Pictures I can take while > > >> > they go wild, reading however doesn't sink in when you have to stop > > >> > every 10 seconds to correct them or kiss a booboo. > > >> > > > >> > OK what is the little red square that blinks and beeps while I am > > >> > looking the the viewfinder? Why won't it let me take a picture until > > >> > that beeps? Its driving me nuts, I have missed many good shots > >because > > >> > of it. > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > > > >> > ANSWER: That is the auto focus working, You can use the camera in > > >> > manual > > >>and > > >> > this will not happen but you will have to focus the camera manually. > > >>Hope > > >> > this helps > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > > > >> > RESPONSE: I have tried in manual and it does the same thing. If its > >not > > >> > focused "properly" it won't let me take the picture, even if it > > >> > appears focused to me or it is how I want the photo to look. > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > > > >> > NEXT ANSWER: Push the little button down on the side to manual > >instead > > >>of > > >> > auto focus, and it will fire whether it is in focus or not. > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > > > >> > NEXT ANSWER: Ooops, I see that is what you just said. Sorry, I can't > > >>think > > >> > of anything else. Is the lens mounted tight? > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > > > >> > It's funny that there's time to sit in front of the 'puter, read and > > >>write > > >> > e-mail, but not time to look at the manual. Probably not a person > >that > > >> > needs or should have a DSLR. > > >> > > > >> > Tom C. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > -- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/782 - Release Date: 5/1/2007 > > > 2:10 AM > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >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 > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
