On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:19:58 -0700 Larry Colen wrote: > >> That's how I set mine. But, I just noticed that it seems to have an >> astrotracer mode, which could actually be very useful, considering what a >> pain in the ass it is to get to astrotracer mode, and how looking at a capture takes you all of the way out.
Good find! >I just checked, and setting raw/fx to astrotracer is actually useful. > >If the gps isn't on, or the camera isn't in bulb, it does nothing. If both of >those are true, then pressing it puts the camera in astrotracer mode, so you >have to press OK, then the shutter to take an astrotracer timed exposure. I don't use the Astrotracer (yet), but often use the GPS for geo-tagging, and simple-navigation . It lets you easily navigate to the location of a previously taken photo (like one from your car :-). Getting to that menu is cumbersome though, so allowing it to be assigned to the RAW/Fx button is great! (FYI, in this mode of usage it works if the GPS unit is ON, does nothing otherwise) A simple press of the RAW button now shows direction and distance to my reference photo location ... Regards, JvW ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- 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.
