a button for continuous drive mode on k10d

Does anyone know if there is a trick to get the continuous drive activated by one of the buttons on the back of the k10d? I think this should definitely be accessible by pushing a button rather than having to navigate through some menu options.

Surely, if you need to switch to continuous drive mode it is usually because you are shooting something moving pretty fast and there is little time to start navigating menu options!

Hopeful thinking but maybe Pentax will look at Nikon and Canon and add the button in the newer cameras.

Haven't really thought about it because I always leave it on continuous drive anyway. Saves having to press any buttons when that decicive moment arrives...

Do you have a particular reason to have it on single shot mode?

Dan

I did end up leaving in continuous mode most of the time. I was shifting constantly from landscapes to portraits and to exotic birds and I found I would sometimes end up taking 3 portraits/landscapes shoots as I tend to leave my finger on the trigger. Not a problem but I was shooting raw and space was a premium. It meant I was constantly deleting the duplicates portraits/landscapes to keep my options open for more photos and then changing drive mode but then getting caught when a Pelican flew by as I would be in single shot drive mode. Even shooting with jpegs would have been an issue (and I did quite a bit to get more continuous shots) but I was on holiday without a laptop to transfer my pics every night.

I would have loved to switch between modes at the touch of a button which I believe is possible with Nikons and Canons.

Can they make it so with new firmware?

one easy is to set your "User" mode with continuos mode and go thru the menu to save it..then anytime you want to use it quickly switch the dial to "User"

better explain in more detail...

if you shoot in av mode (for example) and you do landscapes more than birds, then you may want to set your camera up for birds (continuos) and save that as your "USER" mode....then set your camera up the way you use it for landscapes and use it in "AV" mode.

then switching from single to continous is simply a matter of turning the dial from "AV" to "USER"

Thanks Don. I have not thought about using the USER mode at all and I have not used the Manual mode either.

I will experiment with the USER mode. It is not as ideal as pressing a button but it may offer more flexibility as I could have USER mode set to Tv for shooting the birds and use normal Av for the landscapes.

Would still like the drive mode button but I guess one can't have it all

welcome.
good wedding tip...
I use that trick to set up my outdoor fill flash shot (on the user mode) on my way into the church.
so when I'm hurrying out of the church, (indoor low light...sv mode) I can switch to user and grab the couple leaving the church, without having to waste time.

Or just buy another memory card!

You mentioned that space was a premium, and they are dirt cheap now!

Then you can just leave it on continuous!

I have four 2gb cards! When I was shooting wildlife continuously for 10 days space still became an issue. I did not want to run out of space and start choosing keepers (deleting photos) on a 2.5 inch screen.