I am now the happy owner of Pentax’s new ‘beginners’ camera, the K-x. I say beginners, but it is only a beginner camera because Pentax say it is. It has most of the speed and control you expect with a higher range camera and it is a huge step up from my old K100d. It also allows a lot more control over noise reduction, manual colour balance, in camera HDR and multi-exposures all add up to some interesting tools to use. But there are a couple of annoying ‘beginner’ camera limitations that need to be overcome to get the most from it.
In this section I am going to share some of the DIY projects that help overcome some of the limitations.
Mode dial too easy to change settings accidentally.
An easy way to fix this is to place a small piece of blutack (or poster putty) to help hold the dial in the setting you want. It is also very handy to have some of this with you when out and about. It can be used to stop loose items blowing into the frame and it is also great for blocking light coming through the viewfinder in long exposures with very dark filters.
There is no intervalometer or cable remote socket.
Make one or adapt an infrared remote, see the separate pages that cover these projects.
I’m a proud owner of a new red Pentax K-x and saw your fix for creating a programmable remote shutter release. I can find the IR Wireless Remote Control for Pentax on eBay (and it looks like the one in your photo) but I need some direction on the second part. What do I search for in order to find a programmable remote like the one in your photo. All the remotes I come up with are for televisions.
Thanks,
Patsy
Just try searching in the Photography section of eBay, or use the word ‘timer’ or ‘pentax’ in your search. Shouldn’t be too tricky to find one. It looks like at least 8 Hong Kong sellers have them on sale as we speak.
ebay is a saviour just found what i needed to many thanks for the info.
Regards
Donna-Michelle