K-1: how do I turn the self-timer off?

Weldon Berger · 05-13-2020, 10:21 AM

I'm suffering a massive brain glitch. I turned the self-timer on in my K-1 II to shoot a long exposure and now I can't figure out how to turn it off. I've used it a million times on the K-3 but now I can't turn it off on that camera either. I feel like I had a lobotomy. Thanks!

**jatrax** · 05-13-2020, 10:32 AM - **1 Like**

Self timer is a shooting mode. Just change shooting mode back to single shot.

SharkyCA · 05-13-2020, 10:34 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Weldon Berger

I'm suffering a massive brain glitch. I turned the self-timer on in my K-1 II to shoot a long exposure and now I can't figure out how to turn it off. I've used it a million times on the K-3 but now I can't turn it off on that camera either. I feel like I had a lobotomy. Thanks!

K-70 uses the 4 way control, right side. Not sure on the K-1??

normhead · 05-13-2020, 10:47 AM - **1 Like**

Turn off the single point selection.
Press the up button.
Use the right button to select burst or single shot.
Press the centre or the shutter release.

If you want, turn the select focus point grid back on.

Weldon Berger · 05-13-2020, 11:17 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by jatrax

Self timer is a shooting mode. Just change shooting mode back to single shot.

Criminy. Thanks. This never happened.

Weldon Berger · 05-13-2020, 11:19 AM

Originally posted by normhead

Turn off the single point selection.
Press the up button.
Use the right button to select burst or single shot.
Press the centre or the shutter release.

If you want, turn the select focus point grid back on.

Thanks, Norm. Drastic senior moment.

Weldon Berger · 05-13-2020, 11:27 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by SharkyCA

K-70 uses the 4 way control, right side. Not sure on the K-1??

Thanks, Sharky. It's the same; I just had a complete brain implosion.

normhead · 05-13-2020, 11:34 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Weldon Berger

Thanks, Sharky. It's the same; I just had a complete brain implosion.

It usually happens to me with the movie mode on the K-1. It gets turned on accidentally taking the camera out of the bag, and I can never remember how to turn it off.

Weldon Berger · 05-13-2020, 12:06 PM

Originally posted by normhead

It usually happens to me with the movie mode on the K-1. It gets turned on accidentally taking the camera out of the bag, and I can never remember how to turn it off.

My sympathies. I've had the K-3 for six years and I shot a lot at night on the tripod and always used the 2-second timer, but man, I just completely blanked.

Not a Number · 05-13-2020, 12:17 PM

Is there a way to select shooting mode with the 3rd dial?

**jatrax** · 05-13-2020, 12:56 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Weldon Berger

Criminy. Thanks. This never happened.

Of course not. It never happened to me either.

**Bob 256** · 05-13-2020, 02:56 PM - **3 Likes**

Worse than your problem is if you have it on and don't know it. Click ---------- nothing happening---------Kalink, the shutter fires....... what the....is going on ?????? Click-------repeat........%#@&&????? And so it goes if you accidentally tap the right sequence with your nose

Weldon Berger · 05-13-2020, 05:53 PM

Originally posted by Bob 256

Worse than your problem is if you have it on and don't know it. Click ---------- nothing happening---------Kalink, the shutter fires....... what the....is going on ?????? Click-------repeat........%#@&&????? And so it goes if you accidentally tap the right sequence with your nose

Yeah, that happened first thing this morning, and then I remembered I turned it on last night. And while I was frantically cycling through settings trying to figure out how to turn it off, I accidentally changed the white balance setting so everything I shot today (on a 2-second delay) came out blue.

pschlute · 05-14-2020, 12:55 AM - **4 Likes**

Originally posted by Weldon Berger

Drastic senior moment

My most recent senior moment was whilst talking to friend, I was frantically searching for my iphone. I found it eventually.....pressed to my ear.

**StiffLegged** · 05-14-2020, 01:00 AM - **2 Likes**

Perhaps Ricoh could make a dedicated Senior Mode on the K-New: a prominent button to set timer, wonky colour balance and JPEG 640x480 without all that faffing around menus. It could also be included in a firmware update for all recent models.

05-13-2020, 10:21 AM	#1
Weldon Berger Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Oahu, Hawaii Posts: 199	K-1: how do I turn the self-timer off? I'm suffering a massive brain glitch. I turned the self-timer on in my K-1 II to shoot a long exposure and now I can't figure out how to turn it off. I've used it a million times on the K-3 but now I can't turn it off on that camera either. I feel like I had a lobotomy. Thanks!

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05-13-2020, 10:32 AM - 1 Like	#2
jatrax Site Supporter Join Date: May 2010 Location: Washington Cascades Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,991	Self timer is a shooting mode. Just change shooting mode back to single shot.

05-13-2020, 10:34 AM - 1 Like	#3
SharkyCA Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 806	Originally posted by Weldon Berger I'm suffering a massive brain glitch. I turned the self-timer on in my K-1 II to shoot a long exposure and now I can't figure out how to turn it off. I've used it a million times on the K-3 but now I can't turn it off on that camera either. I feel like I had a lobotomy. Thanks! K-70 uses the 4 way control, right side. Not sure on the K-1??

05-13-2020, 10:47 AM - 1 Like	#4
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Turn off the single point selection. Press the up button. Use the right button to select burst or single shot. Press the centre or the shutter release. If you want, turn the select focus point grid back on.

05-13-2020, 11:17 AM - 1 Like	#5
Weldon Berger Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Oahu, Hawaii Posts: 199 Original Poster	Originally posted by jatrax Self timer is a shooting mode. Just change shooting mode back to single shot. Criminy. Thanks. This never happened.

05-13-2020, 11:19 AM	#6
Weldon Berger Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Oahu, Hawaii Posts: 199 Original Poster	Originally posted by normhead Turn off the single point selection. Press the up button. Use the right button to select burst or single shot. Press the centre or the shutter release. If you want, turn the select focus point grid back on. Thanks, Norm. Drastic senior moment.

05-13-2020, 11:27 AM - 1 Like	#7
Weldon Berger Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Oahu, Hawaii Posts: 199 Original Poster	Originally posted by SharkyCA K-70 uses the 4 way control, right side. Not sure on the K-1?? Thanks, Sharky. It's the same; I just had a complete brain implosion.

05-13-2020, 11:34 AM - 1 Like	#8
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Originally posted by Weldon Berger Thanks, Sharky. It's the same; I just had a complete brain implosion. It usually happens to me with the movie mode on the K-1. It gets turned on accidentally taking the camera out of the bag, and I can never remember how to turn it off.

05-13-2020, 12:06 PM	#9
Weldon Berger Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Oahu, Hawaii Posts: 199 Original Poster	Originally posted by normhead It usually happens to me with the movie mode on the K-1. It gets turned on accidentally taking the camera out of the bag, and I can never remember how to turn it off. My sympathies. I've had the K-3 for six years and I shot a lot at night on the tripod and always used the 2-second timer, but man, I just completely blanked.

05-13-2020, 12:17 PM	#10
Not a Number Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Venice, CA Posts: 10,526	Is there a way to select shooting mode with the 3rd dial?

05-13-2020, 12:56 PM - 1 Like	#11
jatrax Site Supporter Join Date: May 2010 Location: Washington Cascades Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,991	Originally posted by Weldon Berger Criminy. Thanks. This never happened. Of course not. It never happened to me either.

05-13-2020, 02:56 PM - 3 Likes	#12
Bob 256 Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Idaho Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,375	Worse than your problem is if you have it on and don't know it. Click ---------- nothing happening---------Kalink, the shutter fires....... what the....is going on ?????? Click-------repeat........%#@&&????? And so it goes if you accidentally tap the right sequence with your nose

05-13-2020, 05:53 PM	#13
Weldon Berger Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Oahu, Hawaii Posts: 199 Original Poster	Originally posted by Bob 256 Worse than your problem is if you have it on and don't know it. Click ---------- nothing happening---------Kalink, the shutter fires....... what the....is going on ?????? Click-------repeat........%#@&&????? And so it goes if you accidentally tap the right sequence with your nose Yeah, that happened first thing this morning, and then I remembered I turned it on last night. And while I was frantically cycling through settings trying to figure out how to turn it off, I accidentally changed the white balance setting so everything I shot today (on a 2-second delay) came out blue.

05-14-2020, 12:55 AM - 4 Likes	#14
pschlute Moderator Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Surrey, UK Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,195	Originally posted by Weldon Berger Drastic senior moment My most recent senior moment was whilst talking to friend, I was frantically searching for my iphone. I found it eventually.....pressed to my ear.

05-14-2020, 01:00 AM - 2 Likes	#15
StiffLegged Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2018 Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,615	Perhaps Ricoh could make a dedicated Senior Mode on the K-New: a prominent button to set timer, wonky colour balance and JPEG 640x480 without all that faffing around menus. It could also be included in a firmware update for all recent models.

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