How about on your forehead...HA HA !! Jack <G> ----- Original Message ----- From: Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Cc: Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 2:46 PM Subject: Re: Help! Can't get k-5 past 6400 iso...
Both of my cameras have relatively the same amount of wear at this point... and they do have different colored straps, which should have prevented this, uh, firmware problem. Maybe I should take a sharpie & write "K-7, DUMMY" on the lcd screen...? :) -c On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: > The menus are different in the k-5. I always notice that when i use my k-7 as > i am more used to the k-5 now. My k-7 looks like its been used on a > battlefield so there is no mistaking it. The focusing screen is a lot more > filthy too. :) > > Pentax sure makes their gear tough. Both cameras have survived rough falls. I > do baby my k-5 a lot more though. > > Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> wrote: > >>You did, but the biggest DUH is for me... I thought I was using the >>k-5, but had really grabbed the k-7! It was early this morning, we >>were rushing out to my son's track meet, I picked up the camera on my >>desk, and off we went, forgetting that the k-5 was set up on the >>tripod across the room, and not noting the different color strap... >>Imagine my aggravation/surprise/dismay when setting up for a few shots >>at the indoor track, and not being able to dial in 16,000 iso, as >>usual. I should have tried some panning shots. I should have taken >>video with my iPhone, for that matter. Arg. He ran his best mile >>time yet this year, too. >> >>(I won't even mention how much time I spent poring through the manual, >>clicking through the menus, googling the "problem" and mentally >>drafting my next email to Pentax Service... 'cuz then you'd all know >>what an idiot I am.) >> >>So, thanks for asking, but "never mind" is the answer, I'm afraid. >> >>And, just so this is not all for nothing... Emily Litella said it best. >> Enjoy: >> >>http://www.hulu.com/watch/2364 >> >>:) >>-c >> >>On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> That is I mean; AV or TV. Did I say DUH? >>> >>> Jack >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >>> Cc: >>> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 11:08 AM >>> Subject: Re: Help! Can't get k-5 past 6400 iso... >>> >>> I have a duh question, but no solution. >>> Is the camera set on AP ot TP? >>> >>> Jack >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >>> Cc: >>> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 9:53 AM >>> Subject: Help! Can't get k-5 past 6400 iso... >>> >>> Ok, I feel like a dummy here, there must be something obvious I'm >>> missing... and I routinely shoot my k-5 at higher ISOs, just >>> yesterday I was shooting at 8000, last Saturday at 16,000, so I'm not >>> even sure how I got into this jam, but here it is: >>> >>> In manual, I cannot adjust my iso beyond the range of 100 - 6400. In >>> the Custom menu, 3. expanded sensitivity, is set to "on", but it >>> describes this option as enabling sensitivity up to iso 6400. In the >>> Record menu, ISO sensitivity Auto setting, same thing. I cannot >>> adjust to lower than 100, nor higher than 6400. >>> >>> What am I missing here? I have a dim recollection of this happening >>> to me once before... and there was another setting I missed... but >>> can't for the life of me recall, and I have rtfm several times, to no >>> avail. Thoughts? >>> >>> Thanks in advance... >>> >>> :) >>> -c >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > -- > 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.
