On Oct 24, 2012, at 16:37 , Brian Walters wrote: > Quoting Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com>: > >>> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Brian Walters <apathy...@lyons-ryan.org> >>> wrote: >>>> Quoting Toine <to...@repiuk.nl>: >>>> >>>>> If I remember correctly the manual claims SR should be switched off for >>>>> macro. >>>> >>>> I don't recall seeing that in the K200D or K-5 manuals - not saying it >>>> isn't >>>> there, but they are large manuals and I have a short attention span :-) >>> >>> That's a Mark! right there. >>> >>> >>>> The manuals do say to switch SR off if the cameras are tripod mounted. >>> >>> I think that covers most macro usage. Detailed macro work is almost >>> always going to be on a tripod. >> >> I ran some tests a year ago that showed me, personally, that my tripod >> images were either equal or better with SR on than with SR off. Same with a >> 2 second delay and SR. But with a 12 sec delay, off was better. > > > Ah, now. Are you absolutely sure about that 2 sec delay mode? > > One thing I did find in the manuals (in the short periods of mental > alertness) is that SR is turned off automatically whenever a self timer mode > is selected....
Any of you dealing with ADD/ADHD know damn well that one cannot read a manual, let alone a book. Once your mind gets a chance, it flips the mental page to whatever you were just reminded of, and no ability to back up, unless something else you are doing in the near to far distant future reminds you of the manual, or book. Then you have to -a. find the bloody thing -b. start reading again from the front, 'cause you know you won't know where you left off -c. repeat. I'll have to check on that if and when I find the box with my manuals in it. I do remember the movers picking up the bookshelf then rolled it upside down so it's contents were spread around on the carpet. Either that or the stapled-on back of the bookcase fell off.. Only checking because it seems there has been a run of bad memory today. Dave Brooks! If I didn't go back and spell check, then read slowly what I've written for context, thanks to spell checkers changing words to what you think they might be, my posts would be mucho more unreadable than yours. Fingers get fatter, and don't go where you aim them much once you're decrepit. I have a hard time using my iPad if I allow my hand to hover waiting to tap the next whatever. Finger tremble, have their own mind about when to tap. Makes for frustrating backing up. Guess it won't be long before they're fitting me with a cheek-switch and eye tracking apparatus. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com -- The Big Bang was silent, and invisible in it's beginning moments. Photons were one of the earliest particles to develop, but I don't think any were able to escape for a bit. If they could, there would have been a flash during expansion. No one would notice, of course, for another 4.2 billion years. Now we are trying to catch up by looking out, and back in time to that infinitesimally-small fraction of a millisecond in an attempt to see what caused that singularity to we call the Big Bang. This attempt will fail in any visual way, as the furthest galaxies and elements are now moving faster than light by recent theory, making the information sought beyond a theoretical event horizon. — update to the Pentaxian's thoughts on particle physics, so far. -- 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.
