On February 9, 2017 1:13:16 PM PST, John <[email protected]> wrote: >On 2/9/2017 1:23 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> >> John wrote: >>> On 2/8/2017 10:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>>> I see to recall that green mode shoots only jpeg. If I wanted my >>>> housemate to be able to pick up my camera and get photos of the >flood >>>> waters tomorrow, I could say Tav, f/2.8-4 1/60-1/100. Will P mode >>>> automatically pick a good ISO? >>>> >>> >>> I don't see anything in the manual that says "Green mode" shoots >only >>> jpeg. If it's in there, I didn't find it. >> >> I am sure that I remember reading that, and trying it out. However >that >> must have been on an older model because I just tried it and it seems >to >> be in raw on both the K-3 and K-1. >> >>> >>> You could download the Operating Manual as a PDF & use it to guide >you >>> while you tell your housemate how to set the various controls >instead of >>> relying on us for second hand misinformation. >> >> As we can see from the above, your second hand disinformation is more >> accurate than my first hand disinformation. > >An admission of ignorance is always more accurate than a wild guess.
Mark! > >>> >>> http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/support/man-pdf/k-3.pdf >> >> You are making the assumption that I hadn't tried to RTFM. In my >> experience the manual aspires to uselessness. The index points to >> setting the auto iso limits, but not turning them on or off. I tried >> searching the manual, several times, and wasn't able to find it, >until I >> was able to find it and then I was. On some of those searches, I will >> admit that I couldn't see where auto iso was highlighted on the page. >> > >I was making the assumption that you left your K-3 at home in >California >with your housemate while you are up there in Oregon (based on the >"wanted my housemate to be able to pick up my camera ... tomorrow"). I left my k-3 at home, but have my K-3 II here as a backup. I wasn't planning on getting the second one but it came with the used lens I wanted. > -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse any swypos. http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
