I feel your pain, I had the ISO on the front dial in AV mode thinking that it was a smart thing to do early on, but keeping track of two potential unwanted variables whist busy is too much. A lock on the thumb-wheel dials would be most appreciated.
On 24 February 2013 03:46, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> 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. > > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 9:19 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com > <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Ouch. >> >> Cheers, >> frank >> >> --- Original Message --- >> >> From: Rob Studdert <distudio.p...@gmail.com> >> Sent: February 23, 2013 2/23/13 >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >> Subject: Got caught by the green button >> >> Damn, I attended a free studio workshop today, we had a three flash >> setup with two models and I had set the k5 to manual according to the >> flash setup. I had the grip on and hit the green button instead of the >> AF button which by default reset my settings to the accommodate the >> ambient light conditions. As there were a lot of people there it was >> fast paced (about 2-3 mins shooting time) I missed the change until it >> was too late so a lot of shots are quite blown out. Suffice to say >> I've now disabled the green button in manual mode which until this >> particular session had never been a real issue. >> >> -- >> Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) >> Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours >> Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
