Curious behaviour in viewfinder mode...

Webstormer · 02-09-2022, 01:16 PM

Hi everyone,

I am a newcomer to both Pentax products and this forums Web site, I hope we will get along fine and I like my brand new K-70 but there is a point for which I can't find information anywhere - I asked to Rocoh support people with no success ( it seems the person who answered didn't even understand my question ), nothing in the manual about it and training videos do not cover it either... O.K. precise description of that curious ( to me ) behaviour now, when I shoot pictures in viewfinder mode, I of course get the instant review right after I fully pressed the shutter button, then the status screen reappears, but only for about 3 seconds and then display turns off ( until I start taking another picture or I press Info button. Is it normal?

Thanks in advance for your help, Hype.

pschlute · 02-09-2022, 01:29 PM

Have you looked through the menu, there is probably a setting that tells the screen how long to appear for.

You do not want it on all the time as it will simply drain the battery.

Webstormer · 02-09-2022, 01:44 PM

There is a setting for the display time of the instant review ( 1 to 10 seconds and Hold ) but I found no one for the status screen display time. I will add another detail here, this occurs only after shooting a picture ( viewfinder mode ), not when you just turned on the camera.

MarkJerling · 02-09-2022, 01:55 PM

Originally posted by Webstormer

Hi everyone,

I am a newcomer to both Pentax products and this forums Web site, I hope we will get along fine and I like my brand new K-70 but there is a point for which I can't find information anywhere - I asked to Rocoh support people with no success ( it seems the person who answered didn't even understand my question ), nothing in the manual about it and training videos do not cover it either... O.K. precise description of that curious ( to me ) behaviour now, when I shoot pictures in viewfinder mode, I of course get the instant review right after I fully pressed the shutter button, then the status screen reappears, but only for about 3 seconds and then display turns off ( until I start taking another picture or I press Info button. Is it normal?

Thanks in advance for your help, Hype.

A half press of the shutter button should also awaken the screen.

Webstormer · 02-09-2022, 02:11 PM

Yes, as I said « until I start taking another picture ». Now, the thing is, I just want to know if this beahaviour is normal, I have absolutely no prblem with it since it saves my battery but as a newcomer with DSLRs, this is something I am not used to and I want to be sure everything works fine.

**jumbleview** · 02-09-2022, 02:15 PM - **1 Like**

I have a KP, not K-70. For me if I push Info button twice in the row after the second time it shows horizontal menu, where I can choose what to do with screen:
Status, or Electronic Lever, or Off , or GPS if OGPS attached). If status is selected it will stays up during Auto Power Off time which could not be less then 1 minute.

Webstormer · 02-09-2022, 02:21 PM

On my K-70 it will stay on for one full minute when I just turned on camera but it will go off after 3 seconds once I started taking pictures ( but I get the instant review each time ). Bizarre.

kypfer · 02-09-2022, 03:37 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Webstormer

Hi everyone,
I am a newcomer to both Pentax products and this forums Web site, I hope we will get along fine and I like my brand new K-70 but there is a point for which I can't find information anywhere - I asked to Rocoh support people with no success ( it seems the person who answered didn't even understand my question ), nothing in the manual about it and training videos do not cover it either... O.K. precise description of that curious ( to me ) behaviour now, when I shoot pictures in viewfinder mode, I of course get the instant review right after I fully pressed the shutter button, then the status screen reappears, but only for about 3 seconds and then display turns off ( until I start taking another picture or I press Info button. Is it normal?
Thanks in advance for your help, Hype.

Yes … it's normal

I never use Instant Review (menu "Camera" 5 | Instant Review set to off) and I've usually got the status screen disabled (press Info twice and choose the right-hand option), so I don't usually see it, but with the camera set to show the Status Screen and Instant Review set to 1sec the Status Screen appears briefly after the review disappears

As with many features on Pentax cameras, the documentation isn't exhaustive

FWIW, I usually use the viewfinder display to set my metering options whilst I'm viewing the subject and I have reasonably enough confidence in my own and my camera's capabilities to believe the exposure will be good. I use the playback button to review if I feel the need

That's not to say you're doing anything wrong, just explaining why I'd not experienced your symptoms

The K-70 is a great camera - enjoy

Webstormer · 02-09-2022, 04:02 PM

Yeah! to me you're doin it the right way and now, I do not consider this behaviour ( unless someone proves me wrong ) as a symptom and I too prefer the viewfinder mode. Those things said, just to be sure I made a reset but my camera works exactly the same and I now really think this its normal behaviour. I am just lokking for another K-70 user to confirm it by his/her own experience.

**jumbleview** · 02-09-2022, 04:25 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Webstormer

Yeah! to me you're doin it the right way and now, I do not consider this behaviour ( unless someone proves me wrong ) as a symptom and I too prefer the viewfinder mode. Those things said, just to be sure I made a reset but my camera works exactly the same and I now really think this its normal behaviour. I am just lokking for another K-70 user to confirm it by his/her own experience.

That's cryptic. KP works the same. Status screen stays after instant review 3 sec, but disappear soon after instant review 1 sec. Obviously not intuitive (but useful).

Webstormer · 02-09-2022, 04:46 PM

Oh! how cool! happy to get the confirmation and yes, it is quite useful since it is a good battery saver fubction. Thanks a lot, my friend! :-)

**Larrymc** · 02-09-2022, 05:46 PM

I haven't seen anything in the manuals but I haven't perused the K-70 manual at all but I have fully perused my k-50, K-3 Mk I and K-3 Mk III and find nothing. Have you tried to do a system reset to correct the "problem"? Otherwise, why not set up the Status Screen Instant Review display time to hold. Then you can either dismiss the status screen by taping the shutter button or zoom in to inspect the image then dismiss the screen with a button touch.

**jumbleview** · 02-09-2022, 07:34 PM

Originally posted by Larrymc

I haven't seen anything in the manuals but I haven't perused the K-70 manual at all but I have fully perused my k-50, K-3 Mk I and K-3 Mk III and find nothing. Have you tried to do a system reset to correct the "problem"? Otherwise, why not set up the Status Screen Instant Review display time to hold. Then you can either dismiss the status screen by taping the shutter button or zoom in to inspect the image then dismiss the screen with a button touch.

That looks like not a problem, but rather undocumented feature, because it is reported at least for two models K-70 and KP. When instant review set to 1 sec, status screen stays after shutter release for~ 3 sec. For any bigger instant review time status screen will stay till power is off. How it works for K-3 MKiii?

**grog85361** · 02-09-2022, 09:35 PM - **1 Like**

For what it's worth, my K1, K70, K30, K5 and K-X all behave the same as the OP described. It appears to be normal Pentax behavior.

Webstormer · 02-09-2022, 11:24 PM - **1 Like**

That is the finl confimation I was waiting for, thread can now be considered as closed and thanks so much to you, grog85361! Exactly as me and other members here have thought, the topic is simply not covered by the manual. Thanks to you all, guys! :-)

02-09-2022, 01:16 PM	#1
Webstormer Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2022 Posts: 80	Curious behaviour in viewfinder mode... Hi everyone, I am a newcomer to both Pentax products and this forums Web site, I hope we will get along fine and I like my brand new K-70 but there is a point for which I can't find information anywhere - I asked to Rocoh support people with no success ( it seems the person who answered didn't even understand my question ), nothing in the manual about it and training videos do not cover it either... O.K. precise description of that curious ( to me ) behaviour now, when I shoot pictures in viewfinder mode, I of course get the instant review right after I fully pressed the shutter button, then the status screen reappears, but only for about 3 seconds and then display turns off ( until I start taking another picture or I press Info button. Is it normal? Thanks in advance for your help, Hype.

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02-09-2022, 01:29 PM	#2
pschlute Moderator Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Surrey, UK Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,186	Have you looked through the menu, there is probably a setting that tells the screen how long to appear for. You do not want it on all the time as it will simply drain the battery.

02-09-2022, 01:44 PM	#3
Webstormer Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2022 Posts: 80 Original Poster	There is a setting for the display time of the instant review ( 1 to 10 seconds and Hold ) but I found no one for the status screen display time. I will add another detail here, this occurs only after shooting a picture ( viewfinder mode ), not when you just turned on the camera.

02-09-2022, 01:55 PM	#4
MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,402	Originally posted by Webstormer Hi everyone, I am a newcomer to both Pentax products and this forums Web site, I hope we will get along fine and I like my brand new K-70 but there is a point for which I can't find information anywhere - I asked to Rocoh support people with no success ( it seems the person who answered didn't even understand my question ), nothing in the manual about it and training videos do not cover it either... O.K. precise description of that curious ( to me ) behaviour now, when I shoot pictures in viewfinder mode, I of course get the instant review right after I fully pressed the shutter button, then the status screen reappears, but only for about 3 seconds and then display turns off ( until I start taking another picture or I press Info button. Is it normal? Thanks in advance for your help, Hype. A half press of the shutter button should also awaken the screen.

02-09-2022, 02:11 PM	#5
Webstormer Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2022 Posts: 80 Original Poster	Yes, as I said « until I start taking another picture ». Now, the thing is, I just want to know if this beahaviour is normal, I have absolutely no prblem with it since it saves my battery but as a newcomer with DSLRs, this is something I am not used to and I want to be sure everything works fine.

02-09-2022, 02:15 PM - 1 Like	#6
jumbleview Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Concord, CA Posts: 1,067	I have a KP, not K-70. For me if I push Info button twice in the row after the second time it shows horizontal menu, where I can choose what to do with screen: Status, or Electronic Lever, or Off , or GPS if OGPS attached). If status is selected it will stays up during Auto Power Off time which could not be less then 1 minute.

02-09-2022, 02:21 PM	#7
Webstormer Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2022 Posts: 80 Original Poster	On my K-70 it will stay on for one full minute when I just turned on camera but it will go off after 3 seconds once I started taking pictures ( but I get the instant review each time ). Bizarre.

02-09-2022, 03:37 PM - 1 Like	#8
kypfer Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Jersey C.I. Posts: 3,588	Originally posted by Webstormer Hi everyone, I am a newcomer to both Pentax products and this forums Web site, I hope we will get along fine and I like my brand new K-70 but there is a point for which I can't find information anywhere - I asked to Rocoh support people with no success ( it seems the person who answered didn't even understand my question ), nothing in the manual about it and training videos do not cover it either... O.K. precise description of that curious ( to me ) behaviour now, when I shoot pictures in viewfinder mode, I of course get the instant review right after I fully pressed the shutter button, then the status screen reappears, but only for about 3 seconds and then display turns off ( until I start taking another picture or I press Info button. Is it normal? Thanks in advance for your help, Hype. Yes … it's normal I never use Instant Review (menu "Camera" 5 \| Instant Review set to off) and I've usually got the status screen disabled (press Info twice and choose the right-hand option), so I don't usually see it, but with the camera set to show the Status Screen and Instant Review set to 1sec the Status Screen appears briefly after the review disappears As with many features on Pentax cameras, the documentation isn't exhaustive FWIW, I usually use the viewfinder display to set my metering options whilst I'm viewing the subject and I have reasonably enough confidence in my own and my camera's capabilities to believe the exposure will be good. I use the playback button to review if I feel the need That's not to say you're doing anything wrong, just explaining why I'd not experienced your symptoms The K-70 is a great camera - enjoy

02-09-2022, 04:02 PM	#9
Webstormer Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2022 Posts: 80 Original Poster	Yeah! to me you're doin it the right way and now, I do not consider this behaviour ( unless someone proves me wrong ) as a symptom and I too prefer the viewfinder mode. Those things said, just to be sure I made a reset but my camera works exactly the same and I now really think this its normal behaviour. I am just lokking for another K-70 user to confirm it by his/her own experience.

02-09-2022, 04:25 PM - 1 Like	#10
jumbleview Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Concord, CA Posts: 1,067	Originally posted by Webstormer Yeah! to me you're doin it the right way and now, I do not consider this behaviour ( unless someone proves me wrong ) as a symptom and I too prefer the viewfinder mode. Those things said, just to be sure I made a reset but my camera works exactly the same and I now really think this its normal behaviour. I am just lokking for another K-70 user to confirm it by his/her own experience. That's cryptic. KP works the same. Status screen stays after instant review 3 sec, but disappear soon after instant review 1 sec. Obviously not intuitive (but useful).

02-09-2022, 04:46 PM	#11
Webstormer Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2022 Posts: 80 Original Poster	Oh! how cool! happy to get the confirmation and yes, it is quite useful since it is a good battery saver fubction. Thanks a lot, my friend! :-)

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02-09-2022, 05:46 PM	#12
Larrymc Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Mississippi, USA Posts: 5,251	I haven't seen anything in the manuals but I haven't perused the K-70 manual at all but I have fully perused my k-50, K-3 Mk I and K-3 Mk III and find nothing. Have you tried to do a system reset to correct the "problem"? Otherwise, why not set up the Status Screen Instant Review display time to hold. Then you can either dismiss the status screen by taping the shutter button or zoom in to inspect the image then dismiss the screen with a button touch.

02-09-2022, 07:34 PM	#13
jumbleview Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Concord, CA Posts: 1,067	Originally posted by Larrymc I haven't seen anything in the manuals but I haven't perused the K-70 manual at all but I have fully perused my k-50, K-3 Mk I and K-3 Mk III and find nothing. Have you tried to do a system reset to correct the "problem"? Otherwise, why not set up the Status Screen Instant Review display time to hold. Then you can either dismiss the status screen by taping the shutter button or zoom in to inspect the image then dismiss the screen with a button touch. That looks like not a problem, but rather undocumented feature, because it is reported at least for two models K-70 and KP. When instant review set to 1 sec, status screen stays after shutter release for~ 3 sec. For any bigger instant review time status screen will stay till power is off. How it works for K-3 MKiii?

02-09-2022, 09:35 PM - 1 Like	#14
grog85361 Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Phoenix Arizona Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 893	For what it's worth, my K1, K70, K30, K5 and K-X all behave the same as the OP described. It appears to be normal Pentax behavior.

02-09-2022, 11:24 PM - 1 Like	#15
Webstormer Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2022 Posts: 80 Original Poster	That is the finl confimation I was waiting for, thread can now be considered as closed and thanks so much to you, grog85361! Exactly as me and other members here have thought, the topic is simply not covered by the manual. Thanks to you all, guys! :-)