I turn off the SR when panning (when I remember to) and I've read that others do the same. Whether it makes a difference, I've no idea.(?)
Jack --- On Thu, 8/27/09, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > From: Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2) > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 7:40 AM > I pan with the K7. No problems: > http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/08/17/automobiles/collectibles/0817-woodward_8.html > > I also pan with the K20D with SR turned on. It doesn't > cause any problems. The sweeping motion of a pan is far > outside the range of motion that SR tries to control. > Paul > On Aug 27, 2009, at 10:00 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > > It's funny, I hadn't had a camera with SR until I got > the K20D, so I didn't notice the removal of the SR switch in > the Pictures of the K-7. > > The SR switch is a shooting control. Maybe not as > important as manual control of the focus point, but until > Pentax comes up with an SR system that's smart enough to > know when the photographer is panning, turning it off at a > moments notice will be a necessity . > > Removing the switch and making it a small production > to turn SR on and off shows what I think is a "Point and > Shoot" design mentality the same thing that resulted in the > focus control debacle, This type of mentality doesn't belong > in the design of a relatively high end camera, hell, it > doesn't belong in the design of Point an Shoot camera. > > > > Unlike the focus point issue it looks like it's not an > easy a fix, what with the hardware switch being gone and > all... > > > > Boris Liberman wrote: > >> Here goes; > >> > >> http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2009/08/pentax-k-7-review-part-2.html > >> > >> Be brutal and honest. > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > > > The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with > either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with > gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he > might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is > not a free man any more than a dog. > > > > --G. K. Chesterton > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
