On 12/29/07, Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 29, 2007 11:25 AM, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The thing is if you're shooting .jpg WB, and the ability to set it, is > > much more critical. > > Indeed, I shoot very rarely Jpeg which is why I don't care much about WB. > > > Having the WB controls buried as they are in the K10D, makes setting > > it manually a serious PITA. > > I do not feel it is that difficult compared to ist-D mainly because > with the ist-D you were obliged to check the top LCD anyway. > A WB button but with a viewfinder reminder would be ideal. Otherwise I > prefer the K10D solution.
The D was very bad for WB/ISO setting, as you had to drop out of shooting mode to set it. With the later bodies, you can dismiss the setting with a brush of the shutter if something catches your eye. I've lost shots to the D's ISO setting. > > > But as Adam suggested, it would be better if various buttons could be > > user customised.. For the way I shoot, the RAW & AF buttons are > > unused. > > Sure customization is always welcome IMO. I don't use the RAW button > since I always shoot RAW and sometimes convert to Jpeg if I need to > print on my little Selphy printer (which colour behaviour is atrocious > btw). > AF button is useful sometimes when AF is difficult and I do not want > to go to MF mode. > QuickShift is nice but it requires AF find its target before letting > the user correct the focus if needed. > > > Cheers, > > > > -- > Thibault Massart aka Thibouille I've actually just switched my AF button to cancel from select centre point, after the discussion here. It's helping with my low-light shooting, where overriding the AF is often necessary. -Adam -- 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.
