I agree. I would love locked dials. I often bump my aperture dial in Av mode and end up shooting at apertures I don't want if I am not paying attention.....
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 23/02/2013 10:46 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> Ouch indeed! Sorry to hear it. >> >> I've never mis-hit the green button, but I've been screwed by >> e-dial-creep on multiple occasions. While in the heat of shooting, I >> nudge one or other of the e-dials so either the aperture or shutter >> drifts away. The shutter usually doesn't cause hassles: I set it to >> 1/160th, but 1/125th is safe. But the aperture changing is a killer. >> >> I've also knocked the mode from M to Av, TAv or other -- always really >> bad! I'm looking forward to getting a K-5 model some day just to >> eliminate that possibility. >> >> For studio shooting, I wish there was a way to lock out all the >> settings buttons and dials after configuring them. >> > It would be smart if one of the user functions was a locked manual mode. > I've had a couple of occasions where I've accidentally bumped a dial and > changed a setting I didn't want changed. I tape the dials now so that I > can't accidentally change settings if I know I don't want them changed. > bill > > > -- > 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.
