Pentax Remote Assistant 3

[ericmark]

Well I can alter setting on camera and activate shutter but seem to have a problem getting the picture after. the green line bottom right I think is the saving but it does not complete. While writing I had a thought so I re-tried but moved from RAW to Jpeg and hay presto it all worked must be cache size so set to interval timer and all worked A1 next step is to find max file size it can handle.

Had more time to play and the scheduled option allowing time lapse seems very also the bulb feature no longer taking pictures to show earth movement will I need to use a stop watch over 30 seconds I can use the laptop to do my timing. Little things tend to catch one out. One is set camera to User on the program dial or you can't take over that function from program.
Under and Over exposure only shown in manual mode. One surprise is with the computer program you can set limits for ISO in auto mode so unlike when directly using camera you can set auto to go all the way from 100 ISO to 1600 ISO.
Setting to Bulb min exposure is 1 second maximum 60 minutes and 59 seconds but also allows composite shots to be set up. OK normally I would do that in Photoshop another is to bracket the exposure time each exposure to can increase time from the last.

After looking at this I wondered about my Nikon D7000 and looked to see if there was software to do the same. It would seem Nikon do software but not free like the Pentax and also my Nikon D7000 is not in the list of cameras the software with work with.

Some of the controls work on either PC or camera like the shutter realase. Setting made with the software stay set on the camera once disconnected so once set in the remote assistant that green mode goes 100 to 1600 ISO then even after unplugging using USER on the dial gives on green mode with 100 to 1600 ISO but going to green gives 100 to 400 as normal.

Oddly playing with the PENTAX REMOTE Assistant has taught me more about my camera for example I had not realised how I could select where my camera focused before.