What do you use the function dial for?

rawr · 10-17-2017, 03:53 PM

Crop mode toggle.

**mattt** · 10-17-2017, 05:13 PM

I switch between WiFi and Crop. All other functions are intuitively found by my fingers after having two other Pentax bodies prior to my k-1

jcdoss · 10-17-2017, 06:30 PM

ISO 99% of the time. Sometimes change to WiFi to offload jpegs.

Pentikonian · 10-17-2017, 07:19 PM

Mostly SR on/ off, sometimes crop mode.

splash_fr · 10-18-2017, 02:23 AM

Mine is set to bracketing or for burst mode.

kooks · 10-21-2017, 02:00 PM

ISO 99% .. once in a while WIFI

Mock · 10-22-2017, 05:34 PM

I don't use it.
I think I have it set to do ISO or EV comp, but years of using *ist DS, K-7, then K-5 have burned the old method into muscle memory. It also doesn't help that it is much harder to turn than the regular e-dial.

D1N0 · 06-10-2018, 04:14 PM

My cat has found a use for the control dial for the function dial. She likes rubbing her face against it.

h4yn0nnym0u5e · 06-11-2018, 02:21 PM - **4 Likes**

madbrain · 06-11-2018, 07:18 PM

ISO 99% of the time, crop mode for the other 1%.

Wish it could be use to toggle Pixel Shift settings.

CNunez · 06-13-2018, 03:58 PM

I tend to expose for colours, so I usually have it on exposure compensation, makes it easier to nail it imho. Otherwise, wifi and crop mode is also nice.

Class A · 06-13-2018, 09:26 PM

I use the third wheel for configuration options like "Wi-Fi", "Crop", "SR' and "Grid".
I find it easier to choose the respective option and then turn the dial compared to using the menu system (including the custom menu which still requires navigation for most options).
Doing so allows me to keep the back LCD turned off most of the time, thus saving battery life.

I wish the top LCD provided feedback about the current configuration choice as non-binary choices that do not provide feedback in the viewfinder require the use of the status screen, which I normally don't use at all. Having said that, I prefer the use of the segment top-LCD Ricoh went for over the use of a matrix LCD which would have made it easier to display feedback about the configuration options.

I'd appreciate if I could use the third wheel for the value range options exposure compensation and ISO, but I find it to be unreasonably stiff for this purpose. I find it too hard/slow to move with just the thumb and find pressing the +/- button or "ISO" button in conjunction with the back dial is easier than using an extra finger on the third wheel.

awscreo · 06-13-2018, 10:51 PM

Depends on the mode I think. If I'm in Tav then it's exposure comp, if in manual - iso. Sometimes crop

**gaweidert** · 06-14-2018, 06:08 AM

Wow! I didn't even realize that you could use it to turn SR on and off. To be honest, this old dog finds newer cameras incredibly complex devices. Maybe too complex.

SirTomster · 06-15-2018, 03:50 PM

ISO here. Sometimes nice in the middle of the night to just turn the dial instead of hitting the ISO button.

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10-17-2017, 03:53 PM	#16
rawr Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 11,913	Crop mode toggle.

10-17-2017, 05:13 PM	#17
mattt Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Niagara Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,907	I switch between WiFi and Crop. All other functions are intuitively found by my fingers after having two other Pentax bodies prior to my k-1

10-17-2017, 06:30 PM	#18
jcdoss Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,769	ISO 99% of the time. Sometimes change to WiFi to offload jpegs.

10-17-2017, 07:19 PM	#19
Pentikonian Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Arizona Posts: 780	Mostly SR on/ off, sometimes crop mode.

10-18-2017, 02:23 AM	#20
splash_fr Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 178	Mine is set to bracketing or for burst mode.

10-21-2017, 02:00 PM	#21
kooks Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: San José, Costa Rica Photos: Albums Posts: 794	ISO 99% .. once in a while WIFI

10-22-2017, 05:34 PM	#22
Mock Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Edmonton Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 314	I don't use it. I think I have it set to do ISO or EV comp, but years of using *ist DS, K-7, then K-5 have burned the old method into muscle memory. It also doesn't help that it is much harder to turn than the regular e-dial.

06-10-2018, 04:14 PM	#23
D1N0 Pentaxian Join Date: May 2012 Location: --- Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,802 Original Poster	My cat has found a use for the control dial for the function dial. She likes rubbing her face against it.

06-11-2018, 02:21 PM - 4 Likes	#24
h4yn0nnym0u5e Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Cambridgeshire, UK Photos: Albums Posts: 333

06-11-2018, 07:18 PM	#25
madbrain Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 1,341	ISO 99% of the time, crop mode for the other 1%. Wish it could be use to toggle Pixel Shift settings.

06-13-2018, 03:58 PM	#26
CNunez Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Photos: Gallery Posts: 168	I tend to expose for colours, so I usually have it on exposure compensation, makes it easier to nail it imho. Otherwise, wifi and crop mode is also nice.

06-13-2018, 09:26 PM	#27
Class A Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 11,251	I use the third wheel for configuration options like "Wi-Fi", "Crop", "SR' and "Grid". I find it easier to choose the respective option and then turn the dial compared to using the menu system (including the custom menu which still requires navigation for most options). Doing so allows me to keep the back LCD turned off most of the time, thus saving battery life. I wish the top LCD provided feedback about the current configuration choice as non-binary choices that do not provide feedback in the viewfinder require the use of the status screen, which I normally don't use at all. Having said that, I prefer the use of the segment top-LCD Ricoh went for over the use of a matrix LCD which would have made it easier to display feedback about the configuration options. I'd appreciate if I could use the third wheel for the value range options exposure compensation and ISO, but I find it to be unreasonably stiff for this purpose. I find it too hard/slow to move with just the thumb and find pressing the +/- button or "ISO" button in conjunction with the back dial is easier than using an extra finger on the third wheel.

06-13-2018, 10:51 PM	#28
awscreo Veteran Member Join Date: May 2016 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,722	Depends on the mode I think. If I'm in Tav then it's exposure comp, if in manual - iso. Sometimes crop

06-14-2018, 06:08 AM	#29
gaweidert Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Rochester, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,325	Wow! I didn't even realize that you could use it to turn SR on and off. To be honest, this old dog finds newer cameras incredibly complex devices. Maybe too complex.

06-15-2018, 03:50 PM	#30
SirTomster Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 416	ISO here. Sometimes nice in the middle of the night to just turn the dial instead of hitting the ISO button.