K-5 Sloooow Lo Speed continuous shooting
Of course this does allow Pentax to boast that on continuous you can keep shooting jpegs until the card fills. Some achievement.
Even the K10D could do that at 3.5FPS!
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Yes I agree, 1.6fps is totally ridiculous.
Whoever thought up that idea needs to be shot, 3 or 4 would have been just right.
"needs to be shot." That's a bit harsh!
However the idea that 1.6fps is useful for anything other than advertising is idiotic.
I suppose what you are asking for is a continuously variable setting? I don't see whay it couldn't be done, but I've never seen it mentioned before so maybe nobody has thought it was needed.
I looked for that John hoping that Pentax had it hidden somewhere in the book, the menu or the drive screen. No such luck.
I think a continuously variable setting is needed.
Of course this does allow Pentax to boast that on continuous you can keep shooting jpegs until the card fills. Some achievement.
Even the K10D could do that at 3.5FPS!
That's "progress" for you.
Even the K10D could do that at 3.5FPS!
K10D = 10Mp, K-5 = 16Mp = bigger files
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This would be a good one for the person at Pentax on here to answer including why the drop mentioned for the LO mode.
why the drop mentioned for the LO mode
I'm going to guess that the Lo rate is the fastest possible rate that can be continuous until the card is full.
The fast rate can of course be reduced by using a slower shutter speed. You can't do 7fps with a shutter speed of 1/2 second for example.
This would be a good one for the person at Pentax on here to answer including why the drop mentioned for the LO mode.
What person from Pentax on here?
Apart from one comment made by someone working for their advertising agency I have never seen anyone from Pentax on the forum.
There are more than a few exceptions methinks.
Oh, and the motion blur comment was actually meant to be light hearted ... slowing the shutter speed to compensate for not having a sensible Lo continuous option is as daft as having it at 1.6fps
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Of course this does allow Pentax to boast that on continuous you can keep shooting jpegs until the card fills. Some achievement.
Anyone else feel as I do? I had hoped that a firmware upgrade would address this but no such luck.