Sounds as though you need a K7 or K5, John... but it wouldn't make other photographers behave any better...
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Fri, 12/24/10, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > I carry my K20D on a "sniper" sling. > The controls need stronger detents. > > I wasted shots because the the camera slipped from Av to Tv > or TAv or Sv or X or any other mode except the shooting mode > I wanted it to be in. > > The shake reduction switch moved to off several times as > well, and the auto-focus point selection would move from > spot to SEL and it would not be the point I wanted. Seemed > to move around at random. I even had the battery grip switch > move from Off to On & take groups of photos because the > shutter release on the battery grip was against my side. > > The random modes the controls would switch to would not > give me an acceptable exposure. > > While I eventually learned I had to make a control check of > all these points every time I lifted the camera to shoot, it > took time and I was not able to make some shots I wanted > because the moment passed while I was still attempting to > get the camera returned to a functional mode. > > The rubber eye cup is extremely flimsy. It has torn almost > completely off the camera. Either it should be strengthened > or the replacement cost should be reduced commensurate with > the frequency it's going to require replacement from simple > use. > > I had none of these problems with the LX by the way. Every > time I put it to my eye, the controls were exactly as I had > left them the last time I used them. > > It was *Rock Solid* all the way. > > I also learned it does no good to compose your shots. While > you're doing so, the machine gunners will knock you down and > trample all over you ruining whatever composition you might > be attempting. > > And then they got their feelings hurt when I told them I > didn't care to be trampled on while I was trying to compose > a shot; that I was somehow anti-social not to value the > privilege of being elbowed out of the way by them. > > -- 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.
