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*ist DS Test in AP
Yes, I suppose the market was a different place then, cameras were produced by companies whose only business was "photography" and new models were a major event rather than an annual, or more frequent, expectation. And with reference to slide film, I did recently run off a couple of rolls of slid...
Posted by Anonymous on 24/02/2005 - 08:15
*istDS with Studio Flash
On Friday night I was using the *istDS in the ADAPS studio with studio flash. To keep the aperture value constant, I used the manual focus SMC Pentax-A 35-70mm f4, which is a super lens anyway, but on the *istDS becomes an ideal portrait zoom lens. I tended to use it around 60mm, which is 90mm e...
Posted by johnriley on 20/02/2005 - 12:38
Batteries and the OptioS50
Hi Mike, I don't have any info on Tronis. I rather suspect it is a badged version of someone else's charger. I don't know where it came from but a guess would be a High street budget shop. (no offence meant :oops: ) As to chargers in general: NiCds and now NiMH batts are charged using a const...
Posted by Kim C on 04/03/2005 - 13:22
DS & K Mount lenses - Focus Indication
I have recently purchased an istDS and have a Tokina 50-200 K mount lens which I originaly bought for my Pentax KX (which I still have !). Last night I thought I would try out the Tokina on the DS and initially I could get no response from the camera. Quick read of Page 179 of the manual revealed t...
Posted by owdsnapper on 26/02/2005 - 13:23
DS & K Mount lenses - Focus Indication
If you are using a manual focus lens and you set the camera to AF, the shutter will only release when the in-focus indicator lights. If you want to be able to release the shutter at any time, then set the camera to MF. The preview lever stops the lens down to the working aperture so a reading can...
Posted by johnriley on 26/02/2005 - 14:12
DS & K Mount lenses - Focus Indication
Thank you John, that has gone some way towards helping me with a solution. However since I first posted I have tried another lens - a 55 f1.8 K lens which was the original lens on my Pentax KX. I found that with both this and the Tokina I could not get either to stop down to the set aperture ...
Posted by owdsnapper on 26/02/2005 - 17:06
ist DS depth of field preview.
Through the viewfinder you should get an idea of your depth of field- ie: whats in focus and what isnt.
Posted by Anonymous on 26/02/2005 - 20:24
ist DS depth of field preview.
Depth of Field preview stops down the lens to the working aperture, be it f8, f11 or whatever. So you can, in theory, see what is in focus and what is not. Then you view the image at full aperture when the lever is released again so you can get the brighter view to compose your picture or to manuall...
Posted by johnriley on 26/02/2005 - 22:11
ist DS depth of field preview.
I have to agree that with smaller apatures F8 and smaller the depth of field preview is not much help. However I do find it an excellent tool with close up, work which I do a lot when I require a very limited depth of field for creative reasons with a very particular area in focus and the rest out o...
Posted by David Benson on 28/02/2005 - 09:02
istDS - What they don't tell you.
This point was raised in the *istD/DS Yahoo group and this reply was posted:- 'I am a new member. My name is Dennis Simmons, born in the UK but now living in Brisbane, Australia. I joined the group as I was considering purchasing the *ist DS for use with my old K Mount, non-A and A lenses and w...
Posted by cliff_occo on 01/03/2005 - 10:05
istDS - What they don't tell you.
I've looked at the menu on the camera, which explains that when an 'S' mount lens is used (by which, I assume, they mean screw lens) you can toggle between the focus indicator being available or not available
Posted by cliff_occo on 07/04/2005 - 17:21
istDS - What they don't tell you.
*ist-DS manual, page 101: Set to enable focus indicator when screw mount lens is in use. Lens is recognized even when lens is not attached to the camera when enabled. I think what they're getting at is that if you enable "FI with S" then the body thinks there's always a lens connected and will try...
Posted by MattMatic on 07/04/2005 - 17:22
istDS - What they don't tell you.
Sort of connected to this, don't forget that if you have a manual focus lens fitted to AF bodies and the body is set to AF then the shutter will only release when the in focus indicator is OK. If you don't want to be limited in this way, set to MF. This caused one or two people I know quite a bit...
Posted by johnriley on 07/04/2005 - 23:26
istDS - What they don't tell you.
I have conducted cliff_occo's experiment on my own istDS setup and can see no difference between the 'FI with S lenses' setting (Test 1, setting 2 above ) being either on or off. All of my lenses are K mount (mix of M, A, FA) so I can't test the difference using a screw lens. If the 'S' in 'FI with ...
Posted by Mannesty on 09/04/2005 - 11:11
*Istds kit lens on my me super
Tried the kit (18-55) lens on my me super last night thinking it would give a very wide view (it did) and maybe a mild fish eye effect. what i wasn't ready for was that it wouldn't focus properly on the me. ie at a distance of 1.5 metres on the me (at 18mm) i had to set focus on infinity to get it c...
Posted by john monaghan on 06/03/2005 - 19:39
*Istds kit lens on my me super
I've just tried it out on an ME that was handy, and it focuses just fine at settings of 24mm upwards, in fact it doesn't look as though there is that much vignetting from that point onwards. At 18mm there is severe vignetting (the corners go almost black) because the lens is designed to cover the...
Posted by johnriley on 06/03/2005 - 21:26
*ist DS and K range Lens
I'm sure you've done the right thing, and it isn't such a minefield once you realise that you can happily use any Pentax lens from the manual focus A range onwards, through all the autofocus lenses! The only difficulties, if they are difficulties, lie with earlier K and M lenses that do not have ...
Posted by johnriley on 11/03/2005 - 16:04
*ist DS and K range Lens
:) Kim and John, Thank you both for taking the time to reply. Hopefully my new toys will arrive next week. I really do have a lot to learn and am looking forward to the challenge(s). This site looks like a great resource. Once again, many thanks. ....... to quote Arnie, "I'll be back " :wink:
Posted by Anonymous on 11/03/2005 - 18:48
Memory cards for the *istD
Hi Kim Your tempting me, I'm toying with the notion of getting another body for my wife but was leaning more to the DS, have to do a bit of rethinking now. I have both Scandisk Type 1 (20x I think) and Ultra Type II (60x) and to be honest I don't see any difference when used in the *istD. The ...
Posted by McBrian on 11/03/2005 - 22:51
Memory cards for the *istD
Congratulations, Kim, Not only are the PDSLRs very competent pieces of kit, but they are beautifully built, and an absolute pleasure just to hold in the hand, let alone to use. As for the 24-90 zoom, I ended up buying one after considering all the options. It's a pretty good performer, althou...
Posted by George Lazarette on 12/03/2005 - 00:10
