Hi Bill, I fooled with my camera a bit. I couldn't get the menu item to grey out. I did have one spec of dust on the sensor, and after a couple of tries with my hand blower, I got it out of there. Perfectly clean, but the menu item still appears. I tried without a card in the camera. Still get the menu item. I didn't try it without a lens. That option just occurred to me. But I assume you have a lens on the camera. Are your batteries full up? Can't think of anything else. Paul On May 17, 2008, at 9:05 PM, William Robb wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" > Subject: Re: Dust Alert Question > > >> No. It works whether there is dust or not. However, it's kind of >> fussy about the background you focus against. It has to be neutral >> and uniform. > > I think you misunderstand. I can't get that far because the > function is almost always greyed out > in the menu, and I can't access the function. > It has been accessible twice, once when I was checking the camera > over just after I bought it, > and then once again a couple of days ago. > > William Robb > > > >> Paul >> On May 17, 2008, at 4:29 PM, William Robb wrote: >> >>> Hi, I've been playing with the dust alert function on my K20, and >>> have a question that hopefully >>> someone here can answer. >>> I am following the instructions in the manual regarding lens type, >>> etc, but can rarely activate >>> the dust alert. >>> Usually it is greyed out and unavailable. >>> Does it only become available if there is dust on the sensor? > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
