Gonz, the reason I never read the fecking manual is that it's just a shopping list of features and how to enable/disable them. All the features, whether super useful or just trivial, are lumped together. Reading through that is tedious and sleep-inducing.
What the manual largely lacks is any description of _why_ you'd want to use the features. So you need to scan the PDML and hope that you can spot that useful piece of information floating amongst the butt-nuggets of overly tight y-fronts and butch automobiles. I have the PDML to thank for my finally engaging back-focus, and discovering how useful the green button is for metering with vintage glass, among many other things. On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Gonz <rgonzoma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Geesh I've been suffering through this problem forever. I guess I > should have read the f***ing manual! I usually just put it on manual > focus to avoid the issue altogether. > > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 9:08 PM, Stanley Halpin > <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: >> Eric, I think John nailed the problem. You have your options set such that >> the camera will not fire if [something] is not in focus. >> I don’t remember the K-5 setup, but on the K-3 and other cameras since then >> there is a choice for AF1 or AF2 under Button Customization. AF1 is the >> “normal” approach: AF is engaged if you depress the shutter half-way or if >> you press the AF button on the back. AF2 is for we fans of “back button >> focusing.” If you choose this setting, only the AF button on the back >> engages AF. >> >> So, if you set your AF mode to AF-C, choose AF2 in the Customization menu, >> and choose shutter priority rather than focus priority, you can shoot as >> follows: 1. Press the AF button, 2. Wait until the camera is focused on the >> spot of your choice. 3. Recompose as you choose. 4. Fire away. If the >> subject is moving, keep your thumb on the AF button, track along, and fire >> whenever the mood strikes you. Note, if the subject is still, keep your >> thumb away from the AF button unless and until you want to choose a new >> focus point. >> >> stan >> >>> On Oct 4, 2016, at 9:42 PM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: >>> >>> On 10/4/2016 7:58 PM, Eric Weir wrote: >>>> Shooting a cross country meet this evening there were numerous >>>> instances in which the shutter did not fire or firing was delayed >>>> when I pressed the shutter release button. >>>> >>>> My camera is a k-5. I was using the 4-5.6/50-200 lens. On some of the >>>> occasions I experienced the problem, maybe all of them, I had a >>>> polarizing filter on the lens. Many of the situations were likely >>>> underexposed. I assume exposure settings should not affect whether >>>> the shutter fires or not. The battery indicator indicated about a >>>> half-charge. I changed batteries anyway, and for a moment that seemed >>>> to make a difference, but only for a moment. >>>> >>>> I checked through the menu after the meet to see if there was >>>> something I might have set that would have caused this problem, but >>>> didn’t find anything. >>>> >>>> Any clues as to what was going on? Might it be a mechanical problem? >>> >>> If you're shooting in AF.S mode, the action priority might be set to >>> "Focus-priority" (default setting). The K-5 manual says the shutter >>> won't fire if the subject is not in focus. >>> >>> See the Custom Setting 3 menu on p.92. This can be a problem especially >>> if you use the shutter release button for both auto-focus and shutter >>> release. >>> >>> There should also be a function that allows you to use the AF button on >>> the back for auto-focus & the shutter release only for shutter release. >>> It seemed like enabling the AF button on the back makes AF button and/or >>> pressing the shutter release halfway causes it to auto-focus. I couldn't >>> quite figure out how to separate the functions by what it said in the >>> manual. >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> Eric Weir >>>> Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net >>>> >>>> "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and >>>> hatred." >>>> >>>> - Amos Oz >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >>> Religion - Answers we must never question. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > > -- > -- Reduce your Government Footprint > > -- > 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.
