It took some diving into googledom to find out that stuff. The manual is at best an Ikea reject.:-)
Dave On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/11/15, Steve Cottrell, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>More than that, it disables the AF assist lamp and the shutter noise. >>These things are all turned on/off by a single long press on one button >>the back. Easy. > > Just to be clear: > > You have a camera, you want the shutter sound louder or softer, or even > different? Go into the menus and find the shutter sound pref, and select > to taste. > > You want the AF assist lamp permanently on or off? Go into the menus and > find the AF assist lamp pref, select accordingly. > > You want the flash enable or disabled? It's a manual pop-up flash. You > don't want flash even if you pop it up? Go into the menus, find the > pref, select your choice. If using fully auto then it may be on the X30 > the flash can pop up by itself - it can't on my X20, it has to be > manually popped up. > > BUT - These cameras benefit from an extra facility - a 'silent mode'. > Really it should be called 'stealth mode'. If you find yourself in a > situation where you want to be as quiet and unnoticed as possible while > shooting, then a simple press-and-hold of one button ('DISP/ > BACK')enables this mode which disables the pop-up flash, turns off any > shutter noise, and disables the AF assist lamp. To re-enable the camera > as it was before, simply press and hold this button again. This means if > you are shooting at a party with noise and fun, using flash etc, but > then decide some candid shots would be nice without flash and > distracting low-light AF assist lamp etc, one button means you can, > instead of searching menus for these things individually. That's great design. > > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, > || (O) | Web Video Production > ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
