Thanks Stan. I carry the manual with me all the time and have referred to it several times when some unusual camera operation suddenly occurs. Other than cost, I don't understand how Nikon justifies no hard copy.
-----Original Message----- >From: Stan Halpin <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: K-3 manual now available (PDF) > >Ken - I have started into the K-3 manual Darren posted. It looks exactly like >the pdf versions of K10, K20, K5, & K5ii manuals that I have used before. Same >layout, same level of detail on descriptions of e.g. menu functions, etc. And >the "What is in the box?" page shows that the hardcopy manual is included. >One thing that strikes me so far is how much more prominent the video-related >functions are. And I had not realized that it has a built-in speaker! Verbal >alerts? "Hey dummy, the flash won't work until you turn it on!" I'll read more >tomorrow. . . > >stan > >On Oct 23, 2013, at 11:05 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: > >> Is the manual on a cd or is it a hard copy. I recently bought a Nikon >> Coolpix 7100 with the manual on a cd - totally worthless IMO! >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Darren Addy <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: K-3 manual now available (PDF) >>> >>> I may be wrong about this, but since [Focus Peaking] is set to [ON] in >>> [Live View] of the [Camera 3] menu, it may be possible to save this >>> (along with other preferences) to one of the three USER modes. >>> >>> The "Saving Frequently Used Settings" on page 75 says that [Camera >>> 1-4] menu settings "(with exceptions)" can be saved to a USER mode. >>> Hopefully [Focus Peaking] isn't one of those exceptions. >>> >>> You could then Edit the USER1/2/3 mode name to: FOCUS-PEAKING. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> The new manual uses a "2 vertical pages per horizontal sheet of paper" >>>> format (prints in Landscape) to save paper. The k-3 manual is 114 >>>> pages (printed) while the K-5ii/iis manual was 336 pages. The K-3 is >>>> therefore the equivalent of 228 pages in the K-5ii/iis format. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Interestingly, SEPARATE from the "Anti-Aliasing Filter Simulator" >>>>> there is a "Color Moire Correction" *1 and *2 to be found in the >>>>> Playback Mode Palette Items. It says "The Color Moire Correction >>>>> function can be used only for the JPEG images captured with this >>>>> camera". I'm not sure what that means. It sounds like it uses the JPEG >>>>> as the source file and then saves another corrected JPEG. Not sure why >>>>> it would not use the RAW file as the source and then save a corrected >>>>> JPEG. >>>>> >>>>> By the way, all of these in-camera editing and processing of image now >>>>> require you to select whether you want the processed file saved to SD1 >>>>> or SD2 now. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> HDR Capture brings a feature that many of us have wanted: The ability >>>>>> to change the Exposure Bracket value by +/- 1, +/-2, or *** +/-3 ***. >>>>>> In fact, this appears to be true HDR Capture now. It will save >>>>>> bracketed RAW or RAW+ files rather than working in only JPEG (and >>>>>> doing the combining FOR you in-camera). >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> Not a lot of new light shed on the Pentax dedicated FLUCARD. >>>>>>> Page 30 says SD2 slot is for FLUCARD or Eye-Fi card (or simply 2nd SD >>>>>>> card). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Pg. 37 details the "memory card settings". You have 3 settings: >>>>>>> Sequential Use: use two SD cards sequentially (fill 1 then use 2) >>>>>>> Save to Both (redundancy) >>>>>>> Separate RAW/JPEG (RAW goes to SD1 and JPEG goes to SD2) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Page 80 describes "Using a Wirelss Memory Card" and refers to Eye-Fi or >>>>>>> FLUCARD. >>>>>>> Flucard has only ON or OFF for "Enables/Disables Wireless data >>>>>>> transfer with Flucard" while the Eye-Fi has three choices: >>>>>>> Auto >>>>>>> Select >>>>>>> Off >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> The file 'K3-OPM-EN.pdf' (10.1 MB) is available for download at >>>>>>>> < >>>>>>>> http://dropbox.unl.edu/uploads/20131106/f18c6bb0169fccba/K3-OPM-EN.pdf >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> for the next 14 days. >>>>>>>> It will be removed after Wednesday, November 6, 2013. -- 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.
