I'm pretty sure it's what Dario is saying. When I received the K-5 last week the first thing I did was go through the Custom menu and change stuff like this. I don't understand why the default setting is to allow the camera to change WB when on AutoWB, but it is.
On 29/11/2010, Dario Bonazza <dario.bona...@virgilio.it> wrote: > Charles Robinson wrote: > >> On Nov 29, 2010, at 14:46, Dario Bonazza wrote: >>> >>> Is [11. WB Adjustable Range] in the [C Custom Setting 2] menu set to >>> [Fixed]? >>> >>> If not, that could explain that behaviour. Don't ask me why one should >>> select a given white balance and then allow the camera to change it, but >>> Pentax thinks of it as a good idea! >>> >> >> Isn't this all about being able to fine-tune all of the WB settings? Not >> the camera doing it, but the user making adjustments. > > K-7 manual, page 192: > > "The camera automatically performs fine-tuning even when the light source is > specified. The color temperature of the light source is fixed when [11. WB > Adjustable Range] in the [C Custom Setting 2]] menu (p.85) is set to > [Fixed]." > > AUTOMATICALLY, even when the light source is specified. > > Perhaps there are instances where such operation makes sense, but... to me, > it looks a lot like that mad idea of allowing you to select SEL for AF > points selector and then reverting back to auto select, which was the > behaviour of the AF selector before a firmware fix. > > Dario > > > -- > 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. > -- —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- 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.
