I see it! Thank you, P.J. It's actually a tiny rectangle with four miniature arrows in it. Just below the MF/AF indicator.
And it was _extremely_ easy to ignore. I guess if I'd really paid attention to the manual instead of burying it under a year's worth of VISA statements and empty kitty treats bags, I might have known this. Well, that may save me some grief and a lost shot or three. On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 4:21 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > In the viewfinder display there's a checkerboard pattern Ikon that lights up > if the the four way controller is in af point mode. It's easy to ignore. > > > On 4/16/2015 1:37 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> Does anyone know if there's an annunciator -- icon, indicator, >> whathaveyou -- that will tell me at a glance what mode the 4-way >> control is in? All I can do now is experimentally poke a button and >> see what happens, then if it's wrong press the mode switch button and >> try again to verify. If it's right, hit the opposite button to put the >> AF point back. >> >> Really a PITA. This is an ugly wart in the K-3 UI design, as far as >> I'm concerned. >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Bruce I do shoot RAW - but that made me lazy in getting down more quickly >>> to >>> what was causing the problem -- >>> >>> I think I must have accidentally hit the menu button as you had done for >>> starters.. >>> >>> ann >>> >>> >>> On 4/16/2015 11:26, Bruce Walker wrote: >>>> >>>> Ann, I'll describe what has happened to me a couple of times and this >>>> might explain how you got into a funny colour space. >>>> >>>> I mainly use the 4-way arrows to move the AF point around. I use them >>>> that way much more than I use the menu options (Drive, WB, Flash, >>>> etc.), so I leave the 4-way mode in "AF points" by default. >>>> >>>> But once in a while I accidentally leave the 4-way in menu mode, so >>>> when I next pick up the camera and start fiddling with the 4-way while >>>> looking through the viewfinder I am surprised that the AF points don't >>>> move. Then I go "Duh!" and press the 4-way mode button to fix it. >>>> >>>> Meanwhile though, while I was hitting the 4-way buttons in the wrong >>>> mode I was randomly setting things and causing mayhem. The last time I >>>> made this error I accidentally set the colour space to Bleach Bypass >>>> and my preview LCD images looked totally bizarre. I was much relieved >>>> when I unloaded the shots into Lightroom and discovered they were all >>>> okay and I quickly figured out the problem. >>>> >>>> Luckily I shoot raw only so no harm was done. Another reason to only >>>> shoot >>>> raw! >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 1:20 AM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Ok I found where to get it back to the correct stuff.. >>>>> >>>>> thanks, Philip - >>>>> >>>>> Can't imagine how I got it messed up >>>>> interstingly, though, the incorrectness was very fitting for one of my >>>>> shots >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> > > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
