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Focus Speed
Hi! Yes, the motor for focussing is in the body. Focus speed depends primarily on the light level at the focus sensors. If you use the Sigma EX lenses, you should be just fine ;) It's a difficult one to judge, but I've tried some really nice Canon gear (EOS50E and EOS3 with f2.8 lenses) and it...
Posted by MattMatic on 25/02/2004 - 15:29
Focus Speed
Cheers for your help Matt, I have been into Park cameras (bit of a trip tho!) but i always find that testing in a shop is so different to actually being out there for "real" shooting. Out of interest wheres Howletts??
Posted by Slime101 on 25/02/2004 - 15:34
Focus Speed
Howlett's is in Kent, not far from Canterbury. Fantastic set of tigers, elephants, and gorillas. Best to go while it's cool, otherwise the tigers flob out on platforms that'll need a 400mm and tripod to get a good shot ;) Matt
Posted by MattMatic on 25/02/2004 - 16:02
Focus Speed
Might have to take a look at that then, i'm only alony the coast in dorset! I'm looking at getting the Sigma 100-300 which would be ideal for that too :)
Posted by Slime101 on 25/02/2004 - 16:07
Old Pentax SFXn SLR lenses on *istD ?
ah - i didn't mean to be confusing. I don't want to use any Olympus lenses with the *istD - in fact the 4040Z's lens doesn't even come off! The 2 lenses are Pentax SLR lenses. I mentioned the 4040z as its not a DSLR, and having used film SLR, then compact digital, i miss the SLR but don't want...
Posted by Anonymous on 27/02/2004 - 18:21
Old Pentax SFXn SLR lenses on *istD ?
Talking about the SFXn I bought one in London in 89, (on a trip, I live in texas). I have rarely used it, and was thinking about going digital, but even the Canon rebel is too much money, (though I have seen it as low as 650$ if that's true). Anyway my SFX never took spectacular pictures, (th...
Posted by Anonymous on 10/12/2004 - 04:12
Old Pentax SFXn SLR lenses on *istD ?
Looks like this topic has been confused a bit. If you stick with the major brand AF lenses, you will be fine. If you stick with ANY pentax lens (bar a few like the softfocus lens) you will be fine too, the *istD will shoot on all of them. The M series lenses are a little fiddly to shoot on but c...
Posted by Anonymous on 18/01/2005 - 00:06
Old Pentax SFXn SLR lenses on *istD ?
Maybe just a couple of small points - the screw mount lenses are usually referred to as S lenses. They are called Takumar, Super Takumar, and so on but I have not seen them described as T lenses. There is no aperture ring on the DA lenses. The *ist film body was the first to use lenses without ap...
Posted by johnriley on 18/01/2005 - 04:40
Jessops prints: some too light
After a holiday trip I gave my digital pictures (on CD) to my local Jessops branch (287 pics 7x5). Most of the pictures were really good (although a bit darker than I would have expected but that could well be my monitor setting). However, 25 of them didn't turn out well, most of these being 'overe...
Posted by Prieni on 01/03/2004 - 11:35
Jessops prints: some too light
Prieni, Getting the gamma right is one thing - squint at the monitor while adjusting. I find the best approach is to work out the upper and lower limits that you can see a change for, then set the mid-point. You also have to get the right phosphor (or use Generic LCD if using LCD TFT). It's a "be...
Posted by MattMatic on 02/03/2004 - 11:01
Printing
Greengrass, Thanks for the correction :oops: My experience with HP goes a long way back - I haven't tried any of their newer printers. I should have stated that. Still, the other points regarding ink, paper, and driver settings still stand. Which reminds me of another point: if you have proble...
Posted by MattMatic on 04/03/2004 - 06:50
Printing
I don't think home printing will ever be as cheap as the high street and this goes back to film cameras. The high street price for a "standard" print was always cheaper than at home especially for the package deal. The cost of home printing for normal prints wasn't worth it but for the odd one off o...
Posted by Kim C on 04/03/2004 - 11:48
digital slide copying
I have just copied about 100 35mm slides using a lightbox 90mm Tamron macro lens and a tripod mounted *istD. I set the white balance manually (by pointing the camera at the lit lightbox) and used the mirror lockup/self timer function. It was much, much quicker than scanning each slide separate...
Posted by Anonymous on 26/03/2004 - 06:56
Which lens to buy?
Hi Christine. Just a note about getting pix burnt to CD at photo processing shops... I'm no expert and not sure if the service you mentioned is the same as the one you came across, but as a word of warning anyway from my experience of trying to do the same. A couple of years ago I had a gre...
Posted by Anonymous on 04/03/2004 - 20:27
using M lenses on *istD
It works great, it's as easy as setting camera to manual mode, set the aperture, push green button behind shutter release button, camera sets shutter speed, focus, shoot. The cool thing is that the auto focus system is still on, it beeps and gives you an in focus indicator in the view finder. Works ...
Posted by Anonymous on 07/03/2004 - 02:33
using M lenses on *istD
Ah haa.... worked it out - had to fix up the custom function and turn it to Manual Focus.
Posted by Anonymous on 05/05/2004 - 04:55
A2 print from photobox.co.uk
I just got my first A2 print back from PhotoBox and are quite pleased with the result. I uploaded an image from the *istD that I have blown up in 5% steps in PS up to their resolution (254 dpi for A2, ending up with 5940 x 4200 pixels). As expected from their calibration print, it's a tad yellowish...
Posted by Prieni on 08/03/2004 - 12:25
*istD Samples
Joshua, Thanks for the images! I've routinely used ISO1600 for concerts - it's fabulous! However, I do find that a wash through with NeatImage (using the profiles I did that are available online) work a treat. It has even rescued a couple of ISO3200 shots I thought were for the bin. Here's a s...
Posted by MattMatic on 09/03/2004 - 21:08
Problems with the Optio 555
I'm on my second 555, after returning the first just a week after buying it because the lens failed to correctly close. When it does this, you can't get it to turn back on. Well, you can, actually. You have to force the lens down with your hand. Then when you turn it on, it will work again. But...
Posted by Anonymous on 29/03/2004 - 00:50
*ist D - Pop up flash
I've had my *ist D for about 6 months. Every time I pop up the flash my battery reading falls to nothing. If i push the flash back down the battery level goes back to full. The batteries are full to begin with, the flash does not fire because the battery level is showing empty when I know it ...
Posted by Deecy on 23/03/2004 - 13:37
