Advice please
Posted 16/02/2020 - 21:44
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jeallen01 wrote:
Try BBF - but make sure you can use it for an extended period as I can't because my thumb joint rapidly gets painful at the acute angle needed to use it!
Now I find it well placed and quite easy to use on K1and K3. It is more of a chore on the K5
Try BBF - but make sure you can use it for an extended period as I can't because my thumb joint rapidly gets painful at the acute angle needed to use it!
Barrie - Too Old To Die Young
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Posted 16/02/2020 - 22:39
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bforbes wrote:
Nevertheless, I can't use BBF on my K3's (and the K-70) for reasons as posted.
jeallen01 wrote:
Try BBF - but make sure you can use it for an extended period as I can't because my thumb joint rapidly gets painful at the acute angle needed to use it!
Now I find it well placed and quite easy to use on K1and K3. It is more of a chore on the K5Try BBF - but make sure you can use it for an extended period as I can't because my thumb joint rapidly gets painful at the acute angle needed to use it!
K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)
Posted 17/02/2020 - 00:23
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jeallen01 wrote:
I did not say that you could or that you should
bforbes wrote:
Nevertheless, I can't use BBF on my K3's (and the K-70) for reasons as posted.jeallen01 wrote:
Try BBF - but make sure you can use it for an extended period as I can't because my thumb joint rapidly gets painful at the acute angle needed to use it!
Now I find it well placed and quite easy to use on K1and K3. It is more of a chore on the K5Try BBF - but make sure you can use it for an extended period as I can't because my thumb joint rapidly gets painful at the acute angle needed to use it!
Barrie - Too Old To Die Young
https://pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/barrieforbes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/189482630@N03/
https://pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/barrieforbes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/189482630@N03/
Posted 17/02/2020 - 00:46
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The button is recessed just above a sort of 'shelf' on these cameras meaning (for me) clutching the front of the camera with my right fingertips so that I can arch my thumb up and over the ridge to plant the tip of it on the button. Now you want me to press it as well and then shove my forefinger down on the shutter release, which now leaves only three arthritic finger tips and a thumb tip clutching the camera.
Posted 17/02/2020 - 09:11
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davidwozhere wrote:
The button is recessed just above a sort of 'shelf' on these cameras meaning (for me) clutching the front of the camera with my right fingertips so that I can arch my thumb up and over the ridge to plant the tip of it on the button. Now you want me to press it as well and then shove my forefinger down on the shutter release, which now leaves only three arthritic finger tips and a thumb tip clutching the camera.
That pretty much describes exactly why I also can't use BBF!
The button is recessed just above a sort of 'shelf' on these cameras meaning (for me) clutching the front of the camera with my right fingertips so that I can arch my thumb up and over the ridge to plant the tip of it on the button. Now you want me to press it as well and then shove my forefinger down on the shutter release, which now leaves only three arthritic finger tips and a thumb tip clutching the camera.
K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)
Posted 19/02/2020 - 14:59
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Hi all. More advice please. I have been looking at a Vanguard Supreme 46F Hard Waterproof Camera Case (SRS have them at decent price at the moment) and wondering if any of you out there use one and have any comments etc. Thanks for looking John
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Have you considered BBF ( back button focussing ) takes a short while to get used to, but after that becomes second nature.