Yes - it's not a fast process by any stretch of the imagination, but it hasn't bothered me too much yet. Probably says more about me than the process though... :-)
Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne On 18 March 2014 21:11, Rob Studdert <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
