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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion 02-26-2018, 09:49 PM  
What do Pentax dslr's recall from restarts?
Posted By BruceBanner
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Press Info twice, select 3rd one along (Display Off). Also, I think you can tell the Camera to recall the LCD brightness from power down to on, and even perhaps the User Mode, you could always set this to being the lowest in case you have to also toggle Display Off each time.
Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion 02-26-2018, 07:28 PM  
What do Pentax dslr's recall from restarts?
Posted By BruceBanner
Replies: 16
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I've had all my User Modes set up for the KP and K-1, I never quite had difficulty in making and getting them to save and do what I want them to do. I've had my K-1 for over a year now I think and only recently realised the whole 'Memory' section hehe.

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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion 02-26-2018, 06:12 PM  
What do Pentax dslr's recall from restarts?
Posted By BruceBanner
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Good ol' Bruce is slow on the uptake here, just stumbling upon this feature now. So i'm a little confused :confused: I thought the Memory (page 5 of the Camera menu) would only affect the NON User Modes (such as Av, TAv, Sv, M etc), because in essence when you configure a User Mode (U1-5) and save them, that's what you get when you power on each time, the saved settings for those User Modes.
For example, if I have U1 mode saved for having a Pixel Shift Resolution in effect (turned on), and yet in 'Memory' I uncheck that feature, if I turn the camera off and on again that U1 mode still has PSR on does it not? Because the saved User Mode overrides the 'Memory' choices in this regard? That's how I think it works no?
The 'Memory' applies only to those modes on the dial that are not User Mode saved (Auto, P, Sv, Tv, TAv, M, B and X).
So using the same example again, if I was in M mode and used PSR (but I have PSR unchecked in Memory), then if I turn the camera off and then on again PSR is actually off, even tho it was last left on.

It's definitely handy to have, although I typically shoot between my U1-U5, I do often visit Manual mode and then get annoyed because it recalls everything I last used including timers and PSR etc.
Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion 12-01-2017, 01:05 AM  
What do Pentax dslr's recall from restarts?
Posted By BruceBanner
Replies: 16
Views: 1,849
You'd think that, but I think you're a little incorrect. If my camera is set to User Mode 1, and that dial has been presaved to having continuous bursting mode high, and then you power on, check settings, yep all good, as should be, then you change the shooting mode to single, then you rotate the mode dial to something else (P, M or another User Mode), then you go back to UM1... guess what, it's recalled that you last left off as Single Mode and its still applied. It's only when you completely turn off and back on again that it reverts to saved settings.

Ok... i have used my italics allowance for the remainder of the year, please forgive me, I have 13 left to use before I exceed my 2017 italic allowance, I have to use them anyway I can so that I get the same budget for italics on 2018 :D

Please note, if I don't power off my camera (ie let it go into sleep mode), and restart it with the gentle push of the shutter button, it still recalls my last shooting mode (single mode) rather than actually starting up with UM1 saved settings. Interesting huh.

Hence the whole point of this thread, just what is recalled by Pentax from power on's, in specific regards to the Mode dials of P, M, TAv and Av etc. Can they each have some unique settings that are still applied after shutdown or do they reset to a specific standard, do they share some recalled settings etc?
Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion 12-01-2017, 12:18 AM  
What do Pentax dslr's recall from restarts?
Posted By BruceBanner
Replies: 16
Views: 1,849
Ok, this might seem like a daft question but I'm not sure I can completely get my head around what the camera stores in terms of menu and camera setting adjustments between power downs and toggling back on again.

I use User Modes, I have all 5 filled up (saved of course). If I alter TAv mode on the dial, and P mode and even Manual mode, and make changes in each of those modes, is each mode recalling those tweaks or are some tweaks 'global' and apply throughout P, TAv and M dial/mode?

Because I can even make a change to a pre saved User Mode and the change is still applied if the camera is still on and not toggled off (and also I think even if goes to sleep and woke up with shutter button), it's not until I power off and power on again that the User Mode fully resets to what I initially set up and saved it to being (at least I'm pretty sure this is the case with K-1 and KP). Like... perhaps User Mode 1 is set to continuous burst high, and you change it to single shot, that single shot I think stays put even if you toggle the mode dial during the same power up session. If you go back to User Mode 1 it won't actually be back to continuous burst high (the initial saved setting) until the dslr is properly switched off and switched back on again. Am i right?

I'm curious if I can squeeze more 'User Modes' out of my K-1/KP by essentially tweaking TAv, Av and P mode, if a power down recalls what I left them at last time that might work out well for me, if certain settings are applied throughout TAv, P and M then that might not...


Or... is there a way to 'save' what TAv, Av and P mode do upon switching the camera on each time (essentially becoming a User Mode of sorts), i.e. is set to forget what was last used and instead use x,y and z parameters upon each restart/power one?

Cheers,

Bruce
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