On Feb 16, 2013, at 9:04 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote: > [Don't see anything about this in the archives, did I miss something?] > > AFAICT, common wisdom is to set these values on the K-5/K-5 II: > > Highlight Correction on
So far as I know, Highlight correction only affects the JPEGs, so it doesn't have any effect on photos that you actually care enough about to process correctly. > Extended ISO Yes, I've kept bumping up the ISO that I'm willing to use to ridiculous levels. > > Anyone want to argue against these? Any other defaults people recommend? > > One moderate annoyance I discovered while playing with John's K-5/60-250: > the playback button is on the left side, which makes it awkward to reach > with the right hand when holding the lens in the left (to review a photo > immediately after taking it, especially with the camera up near my face). > Larry suggests using digital preview, which would probably work, although > that somewhat changes the habits I've built up over the years. Any other > suggestions? My camera is set for a short automatic preview. If the display is annoying I just briefly touch the shutter and it goes away. My default is to show the blinkies on review so I can see where I'm clipping or losing detail. I set the function button, next to the lens, to astrotrace so that when I hit it accidentally, it doesn't put me into some mode that is hard to get out of. Also, the camera comes from the factory set to shooting JPEG, I lost a lot of shots at burning man because I hadn't realized that, and when I went to process my night photos, the data just wasn't in the files. Fortunately, I mostly used my K-x at night rather than my freshly repaired K20. Turn off the focus acquisition beeps. You may not hear them, but they are very annoying to anybody around when you are shooting. -- 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.
