Re: Is this a rant? The biggest difference between the K-3 and earlier Pentax DSLRs...

2014-09-09 Thread Steve Cottrell
What's a manual?? ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Is this a rant? The biggest difference between the K-3 and earlier Pentax DSLRs...

2014-09-09 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Something that is not done by hand, e.g. focus, as in MF... ;-) in short: non-automatic. Igor Tue Sep 9 10:36:33 EDT 2014 Steve Cottrell wrote: What's a manual?? ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Is this a rant? The biggest difference between the K-3 and earlier Pentax DSLRs...

2014-09-09 Thread John
On 9/9/2014 10:36 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: What's a manual?? ;-) Waiter at Fawlty Towers. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Is this a rant? The biggest difference between the K-3 and earlier Pentax DSLRs...

2014-09-09 Thread Bruce Walker
On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 12:29 PM, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: On 9/9/2014 10:36 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: What's a manual?? Waiter at Fawlty Towers. ¿qué? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Is this a rant? The biggest difference between the K-3 and earlier Pentax DSLRs...

2014-09-09 Thread P.J. Alling
Manual Labor, famous Mexican folk singer... On 9/9/2014 10:36 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: What's a manual?? ;-) -- 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 PDML@pdml.net

Is this a rant? The biggest difference between the K-3 and earlier Pentax DSLRs...

2014-09-08 Thread Darren Addy
...is the size of the Operating Manuals. I'm serious! The previous flagship (K-5 II/IIS) manual weighs in at 336 pages. The K-3's is barely over 100 pages. On the one hand, this makes the camera's operation appear to be a lot less intimidating to operate, but that appearance is deceptive because

Re: Is this a rant? The biggest difference between the K-3 and earlier Pentax DSLRs...

2014-09-08 Thread Joseph McAllister
As one who has ADHD reading manuals, at least more than a page at a time, is difficult. Most of my knowledge of my K-5 workings were discovered using the thing, sometimes experamenting, sometime looking it up in the manual (which is always at home). Try it! It's like getting a new camera