Maybe they should change "Raw" to "Feeling Lucky?". On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:19 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sep 25, 2012, at 11:57 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> >> On Sep 25, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >>> How have you got the RAW button programmed? It can be set to toggle >>> RAW -> JPEG and stay that way. >> >> I have it set to RAW+ and cancel after one shot. >> >> Whoever designed the way that button works rendered it absolutely useless. >> Rather than it being a toggle between the way you have it set, and some >> other function, if you press it, it will go to an occasionally useful >> setting (like RAW+) but you can't set it back, or if you press it again it >> sets the camera to some totally brain dead and useless default (like jpeg >> only). >> >>> >>> I programmed it long ago to toggle from RAW to RAW so it simply can't >>> damage anything. It's just too easy to hit by mistake. >> >> 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. > > 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. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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.
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