K-1, 14 months, 20000 photos (gets a bit nitpicky)

JensR wrote:

Alright lets have some fun LOL

Have they removed the character limit?

Maybe

Hmmm... yes that could be annoying except I always start on card one unless I've already filled card one and then its filled so no point in switching back to it

My point would be to fill card1, then continue on card2, swap out card1 against a blank one (card3) and once card2 is filled up, continue on card3 and so on. Not possible.

I suppose one could firmware update this but if you take the time to swap one card then you probably could take the time to swap 2 cards when both are filled instead of doing it twice

There could be a long term mechanical issue with holding the mirror up too long for too many times

I would be surprised if that is worse than the mirror flip-flapping, tbh.

The green button should return all (or at least more) menus to its default. For example, upon entering the single/continuous/bracketing menu, green button immediately should set to single shot (or whatever the active user mode has as standard).

What if the user is using manual mode with green button stop down metering and doing bracketing stuff?

How would that interfere with my proposal? I meant you enter a menu that has a default setting and WHILE you are in that menu, the green button would return it to default.

Ok I understand now

AF/MF de/activate button does not allow toggle (Sony style), need to keep pressed which is awkward and hinders adjusting other controls.

AF Mode button?

I mean the AF button on the rear. I have now set it to rear-button focus.

I guess because I never use it I don't know that it could be better

How does NR AUTO decide? A mix between exposure time and ISO, but it would be good to know in advance whether ot not a darkframe exposure will be done, even in auto mode.

Don't use it I don't think, its jpeg only anyways right?

Sorry, should have clarified, I meant long exposure, e.g. dark frame subtraction.

I have both set to off

For Av and Tv I always set 2 parameters, one of them being ISO, if i wanted auto ISO i use TAv where again I set 2 parameters, Manual for 3 parameters and I'm the type of photographer who never uses Program or Auto modes so they're just wasted programming to me. I suppose I'm just a bit of a control freak.

Well, I keep an eye on the values, but no point in twiddling all the dials when/if the auto function does a good job. I actually think Pentax have done their research for the variation of the 1/FL rule. But the tendency to choose "high" ISO is puzzling.

I've seen this, the 1/FL bit but since i don't use program like modes I just ignore it, you can set the "program line" as they call it to speed/normal and slow, this might help

General interval shooting mode does not allow "immediate" setting for interval, for this you need to go to continuous mode. Only star trails interval allows "immediate" but then you only get 4K video, not full resolution stills.

my lack of experience means I'm not sure what immediate is all about

The next photo is taken as quickly as possible.
(Which is what you need for startrails, but I also need that for my long exposure stacking.)

Interesting they left that out.

No option to keep individual frames of multi-exposure modes?

I suppose this could be a nice improvement

I could have sworn some older Pentaxes did that.

I don't recall

When using adapted lenses or K/M mount lenses in M mode, older Pentax cameras would show you an lightmeter bar when pulling the DOF preview lever. This no longer works for lenses that do not bridge the appropriate contacts in the lens mount, including most M42 lenses.

The main screen has a full time active meter simulator no DOF preview necessary

That is not entirely correct. K/M lenses need M mode to stop down for the exposure and in M mode you have no meter simulator on the screen. M42 is less crucial, as using them in AV is usually sufficient.

I stand corrected

Use the correct gloves, but everyone is different so you may have it worse than I do

Maybe you never have proper winter

-20C to -30C wind chills occasionally certainly can't use big gloves though

Thanks for your input, Mike!

Thanks for entertaining my thoughts on the matter

Cheers
Jens