Speaking of SR, all previous Pentax D-SLRs AFIK, including the 645Z, would automatically turn OFF the SR if you were in one of three shooting modes: Self-timer, Remote control, or Mirror Lock-up. Makes sense, in any of these modes you would be shooting from a tripod and everyone says to pretty much always turn SR off when on a tripod.
However, there were those rare occasions when I might want to have SR on even though I was using a tripod and Remote. On the K-1, thank you Pentax!, there is an option to bypass the default auto shut-off of the SR. Speaking of the top dial, I miss the large top display which I was used to checking when adjusting settings while the camera was on a tripod. I keep telling myself that there must be a valid use for that dial but haven’t yet found a way to incorporate it into my “style” of shooting. Mostly I have it on +/- and then use the dedicated +/- button anyway for adjusting exposure comp. I have had no issues with inadvertent changes in the top dial setting nor with the Movie switch. I have mentioned before that I occasionally unknowingly hit the edge of the 4-way control with the heel of my hand, just the way I grip the camera. I recently went back and dug into the functionality of the Lock button. It solves my problem! I had avoided it, thinking that too many controls would be locked and that I would be frustrated with the need to futz around every time I wanted to adjust a control. It turns out that it is well designed, relatively limited scope. The strange decision to switch the location of the LV and Image Review buttons took a long time to get over, but I am finally at the point where I most often hit the right button. It validates my decision to sell all earlier-generation Pentax D-SLRs - I don’t think I could cope with using two bodies with mirror-image controls for these two functions. Some time ago I found that I could use my Apple watch as a remote control with the cameras on my iPhone. I used that once or twice. I decided I preferred hands on. I have not explored wifi etc with the K-1, partly because I can’t imagine why I would care, and partly because I assume that the bandwidth/speed would be too low to be useful. I could change my mind if I heard someone’s story of how they have used it to good purpose... Looking forward to your eight-months later thoughts Larry... stan > On Mar 15, 2017, at 7:37 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > I like the double dial thing. I use it both to turn shake reduction off and > on and to switch crop modes. Much better than digging through menus. > > Paul via phone > >> On Mar 15, 2017, at 4:11 AM, Dario Bonazza <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Never used that new double-dial thing, intended for features I never use >> (except ISO, which already has its own button) . That said, I find that dial >> more annoying than useful, being often turned by accident when taking the >> camera out of the holster bag. The same happens with the photo/video lever, >> often turned unintentionally from photo to video. I find the K-3 interface >> better conceived, straight and effective. However, the best one is the K-5 >> series, where all controls are direct and you can access them by touch with >> you eye at the viewfinder. Most of all, why swapping the Play and LV buttons >> over previous models in the K-1? Whichever of the two (either LV or Play) >> you press by accident when looking through the viewfinder, you get the >> screen on in your face. Is Play any better than LV in that event? I don't >> think so. >> Cheers, >> Dario >> >> -----Messaggio originale----- From: Larry Colen >> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 8:37 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: K-1 review rehash >> >> Eight months after I started it, I sat down to try and finish up my K-1 >> review. I thought I sent it to the list, but it seems that the email >> monster ate it. If it never does show up, and people are interested, >> I'll give it another try, I'd certainly like to get some other >> viewpoints on some of the things I've noticed, or possibly answers to >> some of the questions still hanging. >> >> It's interesting to see how my perception of certain features has >> changed in the intervening time. When I first got it, I thought the >> third control dial was really awesome, but now I rarely use it. >> >> It's also interesting to be reminded of all the features that I thought >> would be great that turned out to be useless duds, like wifi and tethering. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc >> -- 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.
