Here are a couple of PESOs from tonight's play: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/54997128534/in/album-72177720331028895
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/54997168185/in/album-72177720331028895 and the whole set for those who are interested https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720331028895/ > On Dec 20, 2025, at 10:35 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Having nothing else to do tonight, I loaded up my camera bag with both Pentax > bodies and some lenses to get some photos at the annual Riverside Festival of > lights, planning on playing with shutter drag, and having enough gear that I > could do pretty much anything I'd likely want to (didn't bring a flash > though, welcome to the 21st century when I forget to bring a flash for night > photography). The plan was mostly for shooting with the 18-250 on the K3 and > the 15-30 on the K1. > > I got downtown, set up the K3 in bulb, tried to take some pictures, and it > just didn't work. I'd click the shutter, everything would go black, nothing > would happen until i cycled the power. There was some weirdness in that the > shutter period would change if I twiddled the front dial. I was able to get > some photos in M, with the shutter speed set to about a second, but I gave up > and put the 18-250 on the K-1, put the K-1 in crop mode, saw the "bu" in the > viewfinder and everything was great until I tried to grab a snap on the hike > back to my car, when the K-1 had the same problem. > > Long story short, if you are in "bulb" pressing the green button will take it > in and out of some other mode, I think it may be for shutter periods longer > than a second. > > d'Oh! > > I did RTFM, many times, but that detail fell out of my brain. > > __ > Larry Colen from Lothlorien > [email protected] > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > __ Larry Colen from Lothlorien [email protected] -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
