Things to Do While Your New K-7 Battery Charges

**lawsonstone** · 07-10-2009, 10:24 AM

Okay. So it's the longest 380 minutes I've experienced in a while. So what does one do?

Things to Do While Your K-7 Battery Charges

1. Put on the strap. Decide if you like it or want to put some other strap on it.

2. Find and organize all your camera straps; maybe surf for new strap.

3. Practice inserting and removing the SD card to build muscle strength and tone

4. Find and organize all your SD cards. Which ones are fast enough and big enough for the K-7 video? Surf web looking for discussions.

5. Rearrange your kit bag to hold your gear even though the camera takes up no more room than your K20D did. this is a good time to empty the whole contents of your bag on the floor and sort through the stuff.

6. Examine whether another bag would be better for this camera since you might want to use different lenses than you did with your previous Pentax DSLR

7. Organize all your lens end caps and body caps

8. Find out if you could get an AC power supply delivered today

9. Using another DSLR go out and take a series of pictures that you will take again with the K-7 so you can decide if it's really better than what you had. Evaluate which position is more fun to argue on DPR: K-7 is the climax of civilization, or K-7 is a gussied up *istD

10. Install the software even though you will only use it until your favorite RAW converter supports the K-7. For Apple users this will be quite a long time.

What's on your list?

walro · 07-10-2009, 10:39 AM

I'm not getting the K-7 yet, but here's some more to add to the list.

11. Take a picture of the K-7.

12. Take pictures with all your lenses mounted on it.

13. Spray some water on it and take a picture.

14. Post your pictures on the Pentax forum.

15. Let everyone know it's arrived.

jgredline · 07-10-2009, 10:41 AM

Originally posted by lawsonstone

Okay. So it's the longest 380 minutes I've experienced in a while. So what does one do?

Things to Do While Your K-7 Battery Charges

1. Put on the strap. Decide if you like it or want to put some other strap on it.

2. Find and organize all your camera straps; maybe surf for new strap.

3. Practice inserting and removing the SD card to build muscle strength and tone

4. Find and organize all your SD cards. Which ones are fast enough and big enough for the K-7 video? Surf web looking for discussions.

5. Rearrange your kit bag to hold your gear even though the camera takes up no more room than your K20D did. this is a good time to empty the whole contents of your bag on the floor and sort through the stuff.

6. Examine whether another bag would be better for this camera since you might want to use different lenses than you did with your previous Pentax DSLR

7. Organize all your lens end caps and body caps

8. Find out if you could get an AC power supply delivered today

9. Using another DSLR go out and take a series of pictures that you will take again with the K-7 so you can decide if it's really better than what you had. Evaluate which position is more fun to argue on DPR: K-7 is the climax of civilization, or K-7 is a gussied up *istD

10. Install the software even though you will only use it until your favorite RAW converter supports the K-7. For Apple users this will be quite a long time.

What's on your list?

This was great and concur with your findings. Thanks for the joy of laughter...especially the camera strap!

nostatic · 07-10-2009, 10:41 AM

Originally posted by walro

I'm not getting the K-7 yet, but here's some more to add to the list.

11. Take a picture of the K-7.

12. Take pictures with all your lenses mounted on it.

13. Spray some water on it and take a picture.

14. Post your pictures on the Pentax forum.

15. Let everyone know it's arrived.

Man, for once I'm actually on top of things. Well, except for the water part.

**lawsonstone** · 07-10-2009, 10:48 AM

Ah yes, how could I forget:

16. Go to every Pentax board you know of an post a "Got my new K-7 but haven't taken any pictures with it but it really is a great camera" thread.

17. Make up a criticism of the K-7 and see how long it takes Roland Mabo to explain how you are wrong that's not a flaw but a design feature (Love ya Roland, just funning!)

**EsBee** · 07-10-2009, 11:15 AM

ahem, you forgot "Go around to other threads and pick on people who don't have a K-7"

Dr_who · 07-10-2009, 11:31 AM

I found out the K10D wall adapter I had works on the K7 so I used that while the battery charged and took some pictures indoors of the dog and looked thru the menus ect.

**Lowell Goudge** · 07-10-2009, 11:58 AM

It's amazing, no one ever considered reading the manual

Just about the right length to skim through while battery is charging

**ManuH** · 07-10-2009, 12:20 PM

Originally posted by lawsonstone

Okay. So it's the longest 380 minutes I've experienced in a while. So what does one do?

Knowing that in advance, as soon as I was out of the shop with my shiny new K-7 box, I quickly unpacked it in my car and started charging it right there.

And to be honest I didn't wait for the battery to be fulled charged to start trying it and each time I could not using it (eating -yes I know how can I eat in these circumstances-, taking care of those pesky kids, etc.) I would put the battery in the charger.

Or... get the battery grip with precharged AAs. Unfortunately they had none at the shop I bought from.

Steve Beswick · 07-10-2009, 12:58 PM

Figure out how to pay the credit card bill?

heliphoto · 07-10-2009, 01:10 PM

Originally posted by Lowell Goudge

It's amazing, no one ever considered reading the manual

Just about the right length to skim through while battery is charging

Nah - my k-7 will be delivered next monday (and I'm scheduled to be home next around July 31

)... However I have already RTFM (both the prematurely released version (thanks Ned

) and then skimmed the current one from the website.)

Originally posted by Steve Beswick

Figure out how to pay the credit card bill?

Gah! not to mention figuring out how to explain to my wife that a DA 35mm ltd. will be showing up on the same bill

.

**monochrome** · 07-10-2009, 01:20 PM

Originally posted by Lowell Goudge

It's amazing, no one ever considered reading the manual

Just about the right length to skim through while battery is charging

The only valid response

ll_coffee_lP · 07-10-2009, 01:31 PM

I was lucky...my battery came fully charged!

c[_]

legacyb4 · 07-10-2009, 02:16 PM

While the original post had me chuckling, this had me rolling around laughing imagining you tethered to a wall with only a few feet of mobility saying "come here, boy, sit" trying to get a pic in.

Originally posted by Dr_who

I found out the K10D wall adapter I had works on the K7 so I used that while the battery charged and took some pictures indoors of the dog and looked thru the menus ect.

Dr_who · 07-11-2009, 04:13 AM

Originally posted by legacyb4

While the original post had me chuckling, this had me rolling around laughing imagining you tethered to a wall with only a few feet of mobility saying "come here, boy, sit" trying to get a pic in.

lol it was fun, got to just experiment. I took this photo of the dog and used the in camera filter to make it into monochrome, and then edited the filtered photo with the incamera filter contrast to get this look. The info is all still attached. Open and saved in Photoshop but not edited within other then resizing the photo.

P.S. I don't have a studio or anythign, just a 1bedroom apt, had the dog on the bed near the offwhite wall and fiancee was holding the wireless flash near the dog but flash was mainly directed to the wall. Can't remember if I had it setup so the in camera flash went off as well. The focus is a bit off, but he just never stays still!

http://stevenkovickart.com/pentaxforums/wallace.jpg

07-10-2009, 10:24 AM	#1
lawsonstone Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Wilmore, KY Posts: 376	Things to Do While Your New K-7 Battery Charges Okay. So it's the longest 380 minutes I've experienced in a while. So what does one do? Things to Do While Your K-7 Battery Charges 1. Put on the strap. Decide if you like it or want to put some other strap on it. 2. Find and organize all your camera straps; maybe surf for new strap. 3. Practice inserting and removing the SD card to build muscle strength and tone 4. Find and organize all your SD cards. Which ones are fast enough and big enough for the K-7 video? Surf web looking for discussions. 5. Rearrange your kit bag to hold your gear even though the camera takes up no more room than your K20D did. this is a good time to empty the whole contents of your bag on the floor and sort through the stuff. 6. Examine whether another bag would be better for this camera since you might want to use different lenses than you did with your previous Pentax DSLR 7. Organize all your lens end caps and body caps 8. Find out if you could get an AC power supply delivered today 9. Using another DSLR go out and take a series of pictures that you will take again with the K-7 so you can decide if it's really better than what you had. Evaluate which position is more fun to argue on DPR: K-7 is the climax of civilization, or K-7 is a gussied up *istD 10. Install the software even though you will only use it until your favorite RAW converter supports the K-7. For Apple users this will be quite a long time. What's on your list?

07-10-2009, 11:58 AM	#8
Lowell Goudge Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,888	R t f m It's amazing, no one ever considered reading the manual Just about the right length to skim through while battery is charging

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07-10-2009, 10:39 AM	#2
walro Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Indiana Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 74	I'm not getting the K-7 yet, but here's some more to add to the list. 11. Take a picture of the K-7. 12. Take pictures with all your lenses mounted on it. 13. Spray some water on it and take a picture. 14. Post your pictures on the Pentax forum. 15. Let everyone know it's arrived.

07-10-2009, 10:41 AM	#3
jgredline Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: LosAngeles, Ca. Photos: Albums Posts: 10,628	Originally posted by lawsonstone Okay. So it's the longest 380 minutes I've experienced in a while. So what does one do? Things to Do While Your K-7 Battery Charges 1. Put on the strap. Decide if you like it or want to put some other strap on it. 2. Find and organize all your camera straps; maybe surf for new strap. 3. Practice inserting and removing the SD card to build muscle strength and tone 4. Find and organize all your SD cards. Which ones are fast enough and big enough for the K-7 video? Surf web looking for discussions. 5. Rearrange your kit bag to hold your gear even though the camera takes up no more room than your K20D did. this is a good time to empty the whole contents of your bag on the floor and sort through the stuff. 6. Examine whether another bag would be better for this camera since you might want to use different lenses than you did with your previous Pentax DSLR 7. Organize all your lens end caps and body caps 8. Find out if you could get an AC power supply delivered today 9. Using another DSLR go out and take a series of pictures that you will take again with the K-7 so you can decide if it's really better than what you had. Evaluate which position is more fun to argue on DPR: K-7 is the climax of civilization, or K-7 is a gussied up *istD 10. Install the software even though you will only use it until your favorite RAW converter supports the K-7. For Apple users this will be quite a long time. What's on your list? This was great and concur with your findings. Thanks for the joy of laughter...especially the camera strap!

07-10-2009, 10:41 AM	#4
nostatic Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: socal Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,575	Originally posted by walro I'm not getting the K-7 yet, but here's some more to add to the list. 11. Take a picture of the K-7. 12. Take pictures with all your lenses mounted on it. 13. Spray some water on it and take a picture. 14. Post your pictures on the Pentax forum. 15. Let everyone know it's arrived. Man, for once I'm actually on top of things. Well, except for the water part.

07-10-2009, 10:48 AM	#5
lawsonstone Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Wilmore, KY Posts: 376 Original Poster	Ah yes, how could I forget: 16. Go to every Pentax board you know of an post a "Got my new K-7 but haven't taken any pictures with it but it really is a great camera" thread. 17. Make up a criticism of the K-7 and see how long it takes Roland Mabo to explain how you are wrong that's not a flaw but a design feature (Love ya Roland, just funning!)

07-10-2009, 11:15 AM	#6
EsBee Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: National Capital Region Posts: 739	ahem, you forgot "Go around to other threads and pick on people who don't have a K-7"

07-10-2009, 11:31 AM	#7
Dr_who Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 777	I found out the K10D wall adapter I had works on the K7 so I used that while the battery charged and took some pictures indoors of the dog and looked thru the menus ect.

07-10-2009, 12:20 PM	#9
ManuH Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Montreal Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,249	Originally posted by lawsonstone Okay. So it's the longest 380 minutes I've experienced in a while. So what does one do? Knowing that in advance, as soon as I was out of the shop with my shiny new K-7 box, I quickly unpacked it in my car and started charging it right there. And to be honest I didn't wait for the battery to be fulled charged to start trying it and each time I could not using it (eating -yes I know how can I eat in these circumstances-, taking care of those pesky kids, etc.) I would put the battery in the charger. Or... get the battery grip with precharged AAs. Unfortunately they had none at the shop I bought from.

07-10-2009, 12:58 PM	#10
Steve Beswick Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ontario, California Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,736	Figure out how to pay the credit card bill?

07-10-2009, 01:10 PM	#11
heliphoto Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Region 5 Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,539	Originally posted by Lowell Goudge It's amazing, no one ever considered reading the manual Just about the right length to skim through while battery is charging Nah - my k-7 will be delivered next monday (and I'm scheduled to be home next around July 31 )... However I have already RTFM (both the prematurely released version (thanks Ned ) and then skimmed the current one from the website.) Originally posted by Steve Beswick Figure out how to pay the credit card bill? Gah! not to mention figuring out how to explain to my wife that a DA 35mm ltd. will be showing up on the same bill .

07-10-2009, 01:20 PM	#12
monochrome Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Working From Home Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 26,276	Originally posted by Lowell Goudge It's amazing, no one ever considered reading the manual Just about the right length to skim through while battery is charging The only valid response

07-10-2009, 01:31 PM	#13
ll_coffee_lP Inactive Account Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,972	I was lucky...my battery came fully charged! c[_]

07-10-2009, 02:16 PM	#14
legacyb4 Inactive Account Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Tri-Cities, British Columbia Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,784	While the original post had me chuckling, this had me rolling around laughing imagining you tethered to a wall with only a few feet of mobility saying "come here, boy, sit" trying to get a pic in. Originally posted by Dr_who I found out the K10D wall adapter I had works on the K7 so I used that while the battery charged and took some pictures indoors of the dog and looked thru the menus ect.

07-11-2009, 04:13 AM	#15
Dr_who Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 777	Originally posted by legacyb4 While the original post had me chuckling, this had me rolling around laughing imagining you tethered to a wall with only a few feet of mobility saying "come here, boy, sit" trying to get a pic in. lol it was fun, got to just experiment. I took this photo of the dog and used the in camera filter to make it into monochrome, and then edited the filtered photo with the incamera filter contrast to get this look. The info is all still attached. Open and saved in Photoshop but not edited within other then resizing the photo. P.S. I don't have a studio or anythign, just a 1bedroom apt, had the dog on the bed near the offwhite wall and fiancee was holding the wireless flash near the dog but flash was mainly directed to the wall. Can't remember if I had it setup so the in camera flash went off as well. The focus is a bit off, but he just never stays still! http://stevenkovickart.com/pentaxforums/wallace.jpg