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SD or CF
Besides Pentax opting to stick with 6mp, why did they choose the SD card for storage? Most other manufacturer's chose CF cards. The new Olympus gives you a choice of the CF or XD. The SD card only goes up to 1gig....while CF cards are way up to 4gb? I feel the SD card is a draw back. Living i...
Posted by amosstarz on 22/10/2005 - 18:37
*ist D arrive! Good machine...
Arthur's advice is fine, but whilst Photoshop CS2 may well be the best image editor available, it is very expensive. There are several cheaper alternatives if your finances are in delicate health the moment. For RAW, Phase One Capture One is excellent and not too expensive in the LE edition. ...
Posted by George Lazarette on 25/10/2005 - 00:06
? about sharpness
Thanks for the reply John. I did try Unsharp Mask. Usually, for basic sharpening my manual suggests Amount 85%, Radius 1; Threshold 4. I find this works for most things. This time I used the suggested amounts for protraits - 75%, Radius 2, Threshold 3. I even tried applying it twice. Nothing ...
Posted by Anonymous on 11/11/2005 - 23:55
? about sharpness
Don, you were right to ask me about continuous or single mode. When I first got the camera I would accidently moved that stupid button all the time and forget to check. Actually, I did it in this shoot too, but almost at the end (and those shots weren't the ones I was confused about). I am going ...
Posted by Anonymous on 12/11/2005 - 06:30
? about sharpness
Christine, I have found it useful to disable the "focus on half shutter press". You can find this is the custom menu of the *ist-D. Then, to consciously focus, hit the AF button on the back. Now you can focus on the eyes (use single point, centre AF point), reframe and shoot away. The camera doesn...
Posted by MattMatic on 12/11/2005 - 08:01
Manual/Autofocus Switch jamming on ist DS
I have had an ist DS for about six months - after a few months of use having set the camera to focus manually, the a/m focus switch jammed on the body (to manual) yet the lens was focussing automatically. The body went back to Pentax and they replaced it - a brand new body. Great - but after a week ...
Posted by somersetbirder on 16/11/2005 - 13:43
Manual/Autofocus Switch jamming on ist DS
If the switch on that lens is a mechanical link, from the body to the af motor, then a problem with the lensmount could be the culprit...ie mounting a heavy lens to the tripod mounted body could've damaged the lensmount ever so slightly, causing binding on the gears in the lens, increasing the load ...
Posted by Don on 16/11/2005 - 20:32
Manual/Autofocus Switch jamming on ist DS
Thanks Don, but I don't think this is the case - the lens is still autofocussing fine, but because the switch has stuck it won't manually focus (same happened before). I forgot to mention (perhaps critically) that this seems to happen when I have used a teleconverter. :?
Posted by somersetbirder on 18/11/2005 - 07:32
Questions about my new *ist DS I got Yesterday
Having been an avid reader of this site's forum, I think I may have at least done a few things properly. Camera arrived yesterday. I formatted the 1GB SD card in the camera, set time and date, and that I wanted the camera to download to a PC, and pretty much left everything else alone. It was too...
Posted by tedwhite on 17/11/2005 - 03:10
Questions about my new *ist DS I got Yesterday
A couple of things to start you off, but most importantly I would suggest working through the custom settings and deciding how you want the camera to be set up. I would suggest using centre spot focus only, switching off the auto ISO and using the best setting of 200 wherever possible, and just chec...
Posted by johnriley on 17/11/2005 - 07:57
Questions about my new *ist DS I got Yesterday
A few thoughts and points: 1. Compact digitals do their metering off the CCD itself. They are continually reading the CCD (giving the live LCD preview) and can adjust exposure based on the whole scene. DSLRs have a shutter, and have to rely on additional sensors for exposure - this is where the c...
Posted by MattMatic on 17/11/2005 - 10:18
How's your camera set up and why?
Rec Mode: image tone: neutral (mostly people pics for me) Rec Pixels: 6m Quality level *** (speed matters, raw only when needed) saturation: middle sharpnes: middle contrast: middle instant review: 1 sec (set with histogram, and highlight warning) auto bracket: +-0.3 (my light meter set ...
Posted by Don on 17/11/2005 - 15:24
M42 to K mount adapter
Yes, a KAF mount to be precise. The adapter will enable you to fit M42 lenses to your DSLR. They will operate in stop-down mode - if you set the A/M switch to A you will be able to focus at full aperture, then switch it to M to stop it down to mater and take the picture. Alternatively, leave it on M...
Posted by johnriley on 23/11/2005 - 07:56
New Printer
A couple of months back I purchased a Pentax DSLR. Would anyone like to recommend a high quality A4 photoprinter. many Thanks Tom
Posted by overbeyond on 27/11/2005 - 21:34
New Printer
If you head over to www.canon.co.uk you can get sample photos printed at 6x4 on their photo printers. For what it's worth I have a IP4000 which I now run on 3rd party ink. For colour on Canon paper it is as good as the prints I get from www.photobox.co.uk (and much much cheaper for large prints)....
Posted by Anonymous on 06/12/2005 - 22:19
DS firmware 2.0
Well done PENTAX – thank you for updating the istDS firmware. Version 2 installed without a hitch and provides the additional facilities including continuous auto focus and auto ISO. Just need to be able to get out and try it now!
Posted by Anonymous on 01/12/2005 - 12:06
DS firmware 2.0
WARNING - read and interpret the instructions carefully in the readme.txt. The section that reads 9. When update is completed, the "COMPLETE" will be displayed at the left bottom of the LCD monitor, and then turn the camera off. I think should be interpreted as "the camera will turn off...
Posted by Terry1100 on 07/12/2005 - 22:47
Pentax ist ds - raw vs jpeg
The masses tend to follow the crowd without much thought. Canon and nikon dominate the advertising arenas and therefore get all the advertising media sponsored press. I rember one group of photogs I took to shoot Arctic wolves in Great Slave Lake. I rember one fella in particular, who burned throu...
Posted by Anonymous on 01/12/2005 - 15:03
Pentax ist ds - raw vs jpeg
I'm glad you laughed and want to make people fully aware it was intended as a compliment...really, the noise filter in these cameras started out as some ingenius guys' technique, that became a plug in, for some version of photoshop, that camera makers studied to devise algorithyms for my ist ds2. I...
Posted by Don on 02/12/2005 - 14:19
*ist DS -- black frames. A fault?
Anyone else experienced this? Sometimes (about one time in 20) when my much-loved *ist DS has been off or in standby for a while, and I then wake it up and take a shot... the image comes out black. Subsequent images come out fine. Doesn't seem to be a power thing, because it happens with fr...
Posted by Anonymous on 01/12/2005 - 18:21
