My biggest gripe with the K50: Help please!

Cameranoobie wrote:

Timbukto wrote:

Cameranoobie wrote:

Timbukto wrote:

Need to give more info on if the RAW/FX button does nothing. I.e. does it *always* do nothing regardless of what assignment you give it thus maybe the button doesn't work? What mode of shooting are you in where it does nothing, etc.

In all shooting modes, the RAW button doesnt do anything. It makes a beep but thats about it.

If you look into your viewfinder do you see Select AF when you press the button? Also make sure the current operation of the 4 way controller is the WB, flash, drive settings, etc.

It works now! Thanks.

The RAW RX button on the side of the cam used to switch to auto focus point works better and feels better than using the "ok" button dont you think? Quicker, two hand operation.

Have to say now the UI on the K50 is wonderful! No complaints! im enjoying it much more now. I much prefer the UI of this over say a Sony (terrible UI), or Nikon. Very simple and straight fwd.

Yes, Canon has decent AF control but really has poor exposure controls relative to Pentax (i.e. exposure compensation while in manual mode) and Canikon does not make a camera like the K-50, etc a dual dial MFA and pentaprism capable entry level DSLR.

Sony interface always felt laggy to me and AF point selection is pretty terrible on the A6000.

Nikon has decent exposure controls, but I find certain things quirky (i.e. they leave out silly stuff like 100% zoom until you buy a D750 or D7200, etc). They display ISO values in OVF with funny looking numbers. I'm not even sure if any system provides as good metering feedback via OVF (i.e. in manual shooting it'll tell me from +/- 5 EV metering information). You can change ISO without taking eye away from OVF, etc. A lot of these little things you take for granted may not work as well in other systems.

I don't get class leading AF on any of my screw-drive lenses...but I don't get as many cheap or small quality primes from other systems either. Compare the size/costs of a 100mm f2.8 WR vs the Sony 90mm f2.8 macro lens...