Originally posted by awaldram No controls in PC browsers
Change the aspect ratio of your browser window. If it's wider than tall, you will only see the AF and shutter release. If taller than wide, you will see "the rest" of the controls.
Originally posted by bnys First impression: LV is blown out with no way to change exposure that I can find. Doesn't seem to work with the Mac "Flu Shoot and View" app. Had to use it through Chrome. More as it develops...
See above. Also, the LV "gain" changes as you change the exposure settings, so if it's blown out, you're probably in M mode with overexposed settings. Try pressing the "green button" in the Remote Capture window (once you either turn your device to portrait orientation, or resize your browser window to be taller than wide).
How do I know all this? I've had one for 3 weeks... the whole "aspect ratio" thing confused the piss out of me for a while. Still seems like a pointless "feature."
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Originally posted by bnys For those of you interested in the Ricoh Theta, I can say that it's the coolest camera I've played with in a while. It's so impressive. The only drawback is that it's a definite first-gen product and the mobile apps aren't great and embedding is limited on the web. We'll have more on that in a few weeks probably.
-b
Cool! My user name isn't "panoguy" for nothing...
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Originally posted by derekkite So, how long will it run? Will the camera go to sleep and can I wake it up remotely? Can it continuous shoot, with afc? If I'm looking at some shots during a moment of inactivity, how long before I can get back into shooting mode if there is suddenly activity?
I might sit there for an hour or more, with multiple episodes of shooting separated by long periods of inactivity. Can it work like this?
I set the body and lens up and the center point is on the trunk of the tree. I find after a few shots that I want to focus slightly to the right to get the bird. Can I select the point and focus afc continuous from there?
Since my review hasn't been published (jeez, Nikon D4s!), and I don't directly address many of these things, I'll chime in here.
Battery life: yes, it drains the battery a bit more, but really it's the Live View doing that. With LV off, the card seems to be a minor drain.
Camera sleep: Change your "Auto Power Off" to OFF (the FluCard will not "wake" the camera from power off, and if that happens, the wi-fi is gone!)
Continuous shoot w/ AF.C: nope - the only supported drive mode is "Single Frame" and in Live View the only AF mode is CDAF Select. **However, you'll want to turn LV off and then it uses whatever PDAF setting you have!
Browsing and shooting: if done from the same device, it can be a few seconds, or much longer if you're actively downloading a full-res file. Maybe use two devices (like a computer for downloading and a tablet or phone for camera control).
Sitting for an hour: No idea, sorry. Longest I've gone is 20 minutes, but that was with LV on and things got mighty hot (and the connection dropped sporadically). Might work as just a camera controller without LV, but the K-3 itself might need an AC power source (no clue how that would be done)