I did just this with my K3 the other day during a studio shoot and the time it took to convert to B&W on-the-fly was longer than it took for the studio strobes to recharge.
On 18 March 2014 18:54, Peter McIntosh <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18 March 2014 08:00, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I took the train this morning from snowy Philly to sunny New Haven to visit >> the aged mater. I had read this piece on TOP, and found it interesting >> after the long discussions of Bob W's Leica MM yearning: >> >> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2014/03/getting-into-the-bw-mindset.html >> >> >> So I pulled out the K-5 somewhere between New York and Stamford CT, and >> began seeing if I could get a monochrome image on the back display while >> shooting RAW+. Nope. For that matter, the Monochrome filter the owners' >> manual talks about doesn't seem to exist. >> >> So I gave up; but noticed that the last image was 101-0003. Not much >> compared to the likes of Paul and Larry, but a landmark anyway. I've had the >> K-5 for 1 year and 10 months. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Rick > > Hi Rick, > > I saw this too and managed to get it to work on my K5. > > To do it, make sure the file format is set to RAW+jpeg. Then, using > the right-hand-side button in the cluster of 4 around the OK button, > select the monochrome filter. This makes the jpeg monochrome; the > preview image is that jpeg. And, of course, you still have the RAW > image. > > I've got these settings programmed in to one of the user modes so I > can switch in and out as I desire. > > Hope this helps. > > Ciao, > > Pete Mac in Melbourne > > -- > 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
