Annoying trait with K5 - can this be changed in settings somewhere ?
Concert photography
Currently on a Pentax hiatus until an FF Pentax is released
Mike
Pentax K5 / Pentax K5 11/ Pentax K200D / Canon Rebel T1 i / Canon 650D / Pentax MX-1 / Fuji XF1 /Fuji X 10 / Canon EOS-M / Canon G10/ Pentax Mz-7 x 2
or I could have misunderstood completely... (apologies if so)
Do you have instant preview turned on? (i.e. when a picture is taken, does the camera display it on the rear screen for a second or two). If so, then when you take the first picture, the camera will display it on the rear screen and the camera, for that period, will effectively be in playback mode, so turning the e-dial will actually zoom the picture on the rear screen in and out rather than changing the camera settings. Pressing the shutter button halfway will exit playback mode and then the e-dial should be effective on the settings again... OR you could just turn off the instant preview function in the camera settings (it's there in the menu somewhere - page 4 or 5 of the first tab under menu I think).
or I could have misunderstood completely... (apologies if so)
thnaks
if anyone knows differently of course and I can make them behave the same way as my Canons ......
Mike
Pentax K5 / Pentax K5 11/ Pentax K200D / Canon Rebel T1 i / Canon 650D / Pentax MX-1 / Fuji XF1 /Fuji X 10 / Canon EOS-M / Canon G10/ Pentax Mz-7 x 2
With this setting, turning the eDial cancels Instant review on the first click. The second click will change the Aperture/Shutter speed/ ISO according to how you have them set up and should give you instant'ish setting changes like your Canon.
Hope that helps.
Mike
Pentax K5 / Pentax K5 11/ Pentax K200D / Canon Rebel T1 i / Canon 650D / Pentax MX-1 / Fuji XF1 /Fuji X 10 / Canon EOS-M / Canon G10/ Pentax Mz-7 x 2
Mike
Pentax K5 / Pentax K5 11/ Pentax K200D / Canon Rebel T1 i / Canon 650D / Pentax MX-1 / Fuji XF1 /Fuji X 10 / Canon EOS-M / Canon G10/ Pentax Mz-7 x 2
For example to set a 5 shot bracket at -0.5, 0, +0.5, +1, +1.5:
1) Set auto bracketing up at 5 shots (front dial), 0.5EV steps (rear dial).
2) Set the exposure compensation to +0.5EV.
3) Camera does the rest.
Mike
Pentax K5 / Pentax K5 11/ Pentax K200D / Canon Rebel T1 i / Canon 650D / Pentax MX-1 / Fuji XF1 /Fuji X 10 / Canon EOS-M / Canon G10/ Pentax Mz-7 x 2
Menu 5 > Instant Review > Enlarge Instant review = Off (Unticked)
Guess who hasn't fully read the manual
Thanks for that information. I'd assumed that this was a K5 trait too and just used to half press the shutter button to get rid of the enlarge function.
Less chance of taking another shot by accident then.
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
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I oft take 2-4 shots of same scene - kind of bracketing, but generally just one direction. With my Canon cameras this is a piece of cake - take a shot and I can instantly turn the wheel to reduce shutter speed, and again and again - there is literrally zero delay - so it is nice n quick with my 50D's.
However trying the same thing with my K5 (or 200D for that matter) this doesn't work - there is a delay (that seems for ever) of ..well I'd guesstimate 1-3 seconds (prob 1 or 2 and just feels longer) between pics being taken and turning the dial having any impact. There is a kind of (pain in the ass) workaround whereby tapping the shutter release does sometimes allow me to then turn the wheel and move shutter speed - though oddly it doesn't work every single time.
Does anyone know if there's something I can change in settings to make this behave more like my canons ? I wouldn't even know where to begin to look in the manual.
many thanks in advance.
Mike
Pentax K5 / Pentax K5 11/ Pentax K200D / Canon Rebel T1 i / Canon 650D / Pentax MX-1 / Fuji XF1 /Fuji X 10 / Canon EOS-M / Canon G10/ Pentax Mz-7 x 2