Actually Igor, I was half expecting to get a "No Card" warning. All of the instructions are very specific as to slot #1 or #2. JPEGs aways go on #2 under RAW+. Card utilization is always #1 and then #2.
On the other hand, it makes sense that the logic is: a) try to write to card #1; b) if card #1is full or otherwise unavailable, write to card #2. Anyway, as I said, a minor detail. I'll leave it to someone else to explore the deeper philosophical question of what happens if you try to shoot RAW+ when #2 is the only slot containing a card. stan On Nov 12, 2013, at 11:54 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > Stan, > > I am surprised that such a question was even raised: why would there be > any problem with only one card even in the 2nd slot? > If there were, - I'd say that would be a manifestation that > Pentax/Ricoh engineers are incompetent idiots, which never appeared to > be the case. > I think you are overthinking it. :-) (Or, maybe that's a sign that you > are thoroughly enjoying your new toy.) > > The fact that you can use the card in the 2nd slot "as a second card to > write to when #1 fills up" -- automatically means to me that you can > continue shooting even if you took the first one out. > > Cheers, > > Igor > > > Tue Nov 12 11:40:09 EST 2013 > Stan Halpin wrote: > > Minor detail: what happens if you only have one card in the K-3, and use slot > #2 rather than #1? > > On the way out to dinner last night I grabbed the K-3, neglected to get the > card from the reader where I had been downloading some afternoon > playing-around shots. But I did have a card in the #2 card slot. When I > remembered that #1 was empty, I chose to leave #1 empty. No hiccup, no issue > whatsoever. > > Most of the time most people will probably use the camera as intended: with a > card in both slots, #2 used either for a wireless card, for the jpg > destination when shooting RAW+ , as a redundant backup when shooting RAW, or > as a second card to write to when #1 fills up. But shooting with only one > card is allowed, and the one card can be in either slot without any > additional setup. > > stan > > > > -- > 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.
