I'm pretty happy with the configurability of the K10D via Custom Function, especially in the AE modes. But I do have a few suggestions for Pentax which would improve this even more.
Here they are: Add custom functions to allow assignment of control dials in M, B(ulb) and X-Sync modes. For M(anual) mode, this needs two options, standard and reversed controls. For B mode, it needs standard and reversed controls, and standard and reversed controls with ISO on the second dial (Currently all you have is Aperture on the rear dial in Bulb mode). X(-sync) mode should be the same as Bulb. Reverseable dials and the option of having ISO on the second dial. The Custom Function 'Green Button in TAv and M' should be split into two functions. One for TAv with the current options, another for M with the current options and a Sv Line as well (set ISO). Currently you can choose Program Line(Green Button sets Aperture and Shutter based on the program line), Tv Line (Green button sets Shutter based on selected Aperture) and Av Line (Green Button sets aperture based on shutter). The Custom Function 'AF Button Function' needs some more options. What it needs are: Disengage/Engage AF when held - AF button disengages the AF drive when held while the camera's AF mode selector is in an AF selection, when the AF Mode Selector is in MF holding the AF button engages the AF system in AF-S mode and activates it. Disengage/Engage AF When Pressed - AF Button overrides the AF Mode selector position, toggling the AF system's engagement when pressed. As the K10D indicates MF in the viewfinder, this would allow quick switching between AF and MF with all AF lenses, even the older FA lenses without Quick-Shift Focus. It would engage AF-S mode if the AF Mode Selector is set to MF or AF-S, and AF-C if the AF Mode Selector is set to AF-C. Two more AF custom functions are also needed. The first is 'AF-C Priority', with two options: "Release Priority' (Default) and 'Focus Priority' The second is 'AF-S Priority', with the same two options, but 'Focus Priority' as the default. Also there needs to be a Custom Function 'Display ISO in Viewfinder' which would have 'Disable' as default (showing Frames Remaining) and 'Enable' as an option, displaying ISO instead of frames remaining in the viewfinder. As to the in-camera post-processing, it needs a little tweaking. First of all, the RAW Development needs a second save option. The current one needs to become 'Save as JPEG', and a 'Apply to RAW' options is also needed, that applies the selected settings to the RAW metadata and regenerates the embedded preview (I want this so I can fix WB after the fact in-camera). Also it would be nice if I could select one of the digital filters as a default for JPEGs (IE, I want to be able to select the B&W options so I can shoot in B&W mode rather than having to do conversions afterwards). -- So I'm going to send this to Pentax as a suggestion, anyone have any comments first? -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
