Just looked at Attila's link: > There's also a brand-new button at the bottom right of the corner. As I've > already alluded to, the Pentax K-3 has dual flash card slots, and this button > is used in Playback mode to switch between the two, letting you choose from > which card to view images and movies. In Record mode, the same button is used > to toggle the Four-way controller between its primary and secondary functions > -- either the functions marked on each of the four arrow buttons, or > autofocus point selection. (If you're using 27-point autofocus, the button > doesn't do anything in Record mode.)
stan On Oct 8, 2013, at 6:36 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: > > On Oct 8, 2013, at 3:42 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 08:20:01AM +0200, Jan van Wijk wrote: >>> Hi Larry, >>> >>> On Mon, 7 Oct 2013 14:27:42 -0700 Larry Colen wrote: >>>> >>>> Looking at: >>>> http://www.cameraegg.org/pentax-k-3-full-images-and-price/ >>>> >>>> Note that there seems to be a dedicated button for switching the fiveway >>>> switch between focus point selection and the other functions. >>> >>> What button would that be? Don't see it ... >> >> http://www.cameraegg.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Pentax-K3-2.jpg >> >> On the bottom right, it seems to share function with selecting >> memory cards. It has the graphic of the position selector over >> the turquoise pictures of the cards. >> > > Could be. I am not sure why a user would want to regularly quickly switch > between cards, and it seems foolish to have a button to toggle a selection > like that - it would be too easy to hit it by mistake. So my speculation is > that the card-switch is like the ISO or ExpComp changes: hold a button while > turning a dial or, in this case, while using the five-way to select which > card slot to write to. > > stan > > > -- > 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.
