Leon, I know that. But such a thing would defeat the purpose of Live
View which IMO is to show me the subject on the camera screen all the
time. Anyway, I don't think that I will be using the Live View all too
often, and my remark was more of an observation.
In fact, I reckon that the 3rd
I would assume that the PDF file I linked to is the latest manual. If
you open that PDF file in Acrobat, select the Pages tab, and click on
the page labeled 310 it will take you to the page numbered 308. Under
the column headed problem, scan down the page to Shake Reduction
Doesn't Work.
Read carefully Peter. The note on page 308 is a troubleshooting guide
that tells you what to do if shake reduction doesn't work. It says
that when panning or shooting at night with slow shutter speeds, it
may not work. In other words, SR won't eliminate shake in a slow
shutter pan. I
Gotta read my posts before I hit the send key!
That should have said And personal experimentation is always the best
way to arrive at the truth.
On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:29 AM, paul stenquist wrote:
Read carefully Peter. The note on page 308 is a troubleshooting
guide that tells you what to
Boris,
You comment about auto focus being slow in Live View. You can set the
K7 to use the standard autofocus detectors rather than Contrast AF.
It removes the live view image for a split second, but it's a lot
quicker than waiting for contrast AF to do it's thing.
--
Leon
2009/8/27 Boris
I have to agree with Paul on this one. The general advice in the
photo world is to turn off SR/VR/IS when the camera is supported or
when panning. In reality, I've almost always forget to turn it off,
and haven't ever had an image degraded because of it. Now, I just
leave it on and foget about
George Sinos wrote:
I have to agree with Paul on this one. The general advice in the
photo world is to turn off SR/VR/IS when the camera is supported or
when panning. In reality, I've almost always forget to turn it off,
and haven't ever had an image degraded because of it. Now, I just
leave
Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote:
Charles, I think that if you have a good copy of K10D it would be a
mistake to sell it. I for one, am going to keep my K10D for as long as
it lasts.
I second that. Pentax have made a terrible mess of their formerly
excellent customer service, so a
I sold my K10D on ebay about a month ago. I got $400 U.S. Kept the
k20D as my backup. It has less high ISO noise than the K10D in normal
shooting, and with more resolution, a tighter crop is always an option.
Paul
On Aug 27, 2009, at 5:38 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote:
Boris Liberman
paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
I sold my K10D on ebay about a month ago. I got $400 U.S. Kept the
k20D as my backup. It has less high ISO noise than the K10D in normal
shooting, and with more resolution, a tighter crop is always an option.
Unfortunately, the K20D is even more
It's funny, I hadn't had a camera with SR until I got the K20D, so I
didn't notice the removal of the SR switch in the Pictures of the K-7.
The SR switch is a shooting control. Maybe not as important as manual
control of the focus point, but until Pentax comes up with an SR system
that's
P. J. Alling wrote:
It's funny, I hadn't had a camera with SR until I got the K20D, so I
didn't notice the removal of the SR switch in the Pictures of the K-7.
The SR switch is a shooting control. Maybe not as important as manual
control of the focus point, but until Pentax comes up with an SR
In shooting mode, push the INFO button and you have several controls
available there, including SR on/off. Not as direct as a hardware switch,
but not far from it. Much better than navigating the ever-increasing
menus.
I forgot to mention that I've disabled the status screen, in order to
Boris,
What do you think of the camera strap. My old MX's had those triangle
shape camera straps and the black paint vanished quickly due to the
silly camera strap system. I don't understand why they implemented
this (retro look probably).
Toine
2009/8/26 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com:
Here
I pan with the K7. No problems:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/08/17/automobiles/collectibles/0817-woodward_8.html
I also pan with the K20D with SR turned on. It doesn't cause any
problems. The sweeping motion of a pan is far outside the range of
motion that SR tries to control.
Paul
I turn off the SR when panning (when I remember to) and I've read that others
do the same. Whether it makes a difference, I've no idea.(?)
Jack
--- On Thu, 8/27/09, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net
Subject: Re: Boris reviews Pentax K
Not a clue, Toine. I see what you're asking about but this is the very
first time I get such a strap system. If you ask some time in the
future, I might be able to tell you more though in the manual it is
shown to use the little stripes of leather-like material while attaching
the camera
Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote:
Not a clue, Toine. I see what you're asking about but this is the very
first time I get such a strap system. If you ask some time in the
future, I might be able to tell you more though in the manual it is
shown to use the little stripes of
When I got my K10D I conducted a few experiments, and found that
leaving SR enabled while panning was at the worst harmless, and
in fact probably helped to smooth out irregularities in the pan.
Since then the only time I've turned SR off is when shooting on
a tripod (and then only if I remember
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:00:08AM -0400, P. J. Alling scripsit:
Unlike the focus point issue it looks like it's not an easy a fix,
what with the hardware switch being gone and all...
I've never needed to turn the shake reduction off in the K20D. If I
have the camera on a tripod on a really
Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote:
I've never needed to turn the shake reduction off in the K20D. If I
have the camera on a tripod on a really solid substrate -- bedrock,
concrete footings -- I don't get any benefit from it, but I haven't seen
any harm from it, either.
I've just recenty
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 07:50:27PM +0200, Ralf R. Radermacher scripsit:
Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote:
I've never needed to turn the shake reduction off in the K20D. If I
have the camera on a tripod on a really solid substrate -- bedrock,
concrete footings -- I don't get any benefit from
I shot from a 30-foot high scissors lift with the K7 and a modest
tripod (a Slik carbon fiber). The lift wasn't perfectly still, but I
would wait to release the shutter until I couldn't sense any movement.
Shake reduction was on, and I experienced no problems.
On Aug 27, 2009, at 1:59 PM,
On Aug 27, 2009, at 07:00 , P. J. Alling wrote:
Removing the switch and making it a small production to turn SR on
and off shows what I think is a Point and Shoot design mentality
the same thing that resulted in the focus control debacle, This type
of mentality doesn't belong in the design
Well they tell you not to, and I've tried a couple of pans, which should
have come out in my opinion, which looked somewhat double exposed...
Paul Stenquist wrote:
I pan with the K7. No problems:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/08/17/automobiles/collectibles/0817-woodward_8.html
I
To everyone who thinks the Pentax has decided that SR can be left on
while panning, perhaps they should update their documentation.
Page two on this PDF hosted at the Pentaximaging.com site
http://www.pentaximaging.com/pdf/All_Bodies_Shake_Reduction_012208.pdf
or the K-7 manual on page 310 of
Page 310 of the K7 manual deals with SD card capacity in different
modes. Page 2 of the PDF at the Pentaximaging.com site says shake
reduction can be turned off when panning. Doesn't say it has to be
turned off. I know that great pan results can be achieved with SR left
on. I make
Here goes;
http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2009/08/pentax-k-7-review-part-2.html
Be brutal and honest.
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On Aug 26, 2009, at 14:23, Boris Liberman wrote:
Here goes;
http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2009/08/pentax-k-7-review-part-2.html
Be brutal and honest.
Additionally, the LV button is placed in such a way that it is quite
easy to click it when moving your finger so as to change AF mode.
Charles Robinson wrote:
Additionally, the LV button is placed in such a way that it is quite
easy to click it when moving your finger so as to change AF mode.
Certain additional care is in order.
I had a problem with this when the viral tour came through
Minneapolis. I kept hitting the LV
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