>And I had not realized that it has a built-in speaker! Verbal alerts? I could *really* use a verbal alert tied to the motion detectors on the camera, so that the moment I pick it up it can announce: "No card in camera, moron!" I'd prefer that to discovering it after I have walked far away from the cards (normally stuck in my computer/card readers) and taken an exposure.
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Kenneth Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- Nothing is sure but death and Pentaxes. -- 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.
