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Comment by ammonia posted on How do you useAF-360Fgz wireless with K10D? at 05/09/2008 - 15:54
Just bought the AF 360FGZ for my K20D. Not certain pre-flash is working (?) LCD states P-TTL. Can the two flashes be seen? What is the time lapse between them? You can see the red eye pre flash OK as a separate flash when its set on the camera. Pictures look OK even those taken in complete darkness. The red AF grid lights for focus in dark situations.
Comment by ammonia posted on How do you useAF-360Fgz wireless with K10D? at 05/09/2008 - 13:31
Update:
Belkin works with picture view when latest Apple IPOD firmware installed
I have now bought the usb camera adapter and can cconfirm it works withe the *ist D.
Belkin works with picture view when latest Apple IPOD firmware installed
I have now bought the usb camera adapter and can cconfirm it works withe the *ist D.
Comment by ammonia posted on IPOD PHOTO at 04/05/2005 - 12:48
Apple IPOD have just released a camera connector for their IPOD PHOTO music player and photo viewer.
The idea seems that you plug your USB plug from your *ist D into the new IPOD camera connector which then plugs into the IPOD. Photos can then be copied from the compact flash card to IPOD and be viewed.
See:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M98...
Unfortunately Apple do not list any Pentax cameras as compatible!
http://www.apple.com/ipod/compatibility/cameraconnector.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301052
The device is supposed to work with:
"""The iPod Camera Connector supports cameras with USB connectivity based on the following commonly used protocols:
PTP
Type 4 (or Normal)
Mass Storage """
Is the original *ist D this protocol?
I have the Belkin Media card reader. It works with the IPOD PHOTO but only copies the compact flash card photos to the IPOD hard drive where you can not view them!!! You have to copy the photos to your PC when you get home and use itunes to transfer them to correct directory on the IPOD. So presently my new IPOD PHOTO is only a storage device on the move like the old non photo IPOD.
If the new Apple camera connector works then the Belkin would be redundunt. However the camera connector is an optional extra. Good old Apple!
The idea seems that you plug your USB plug from your *ist D into the new IPOD camera connector which then plugs into the IPOD. Photos can then be copied from the compact flash card to IPOD and be viewed.
See:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M98...
Unfortunately Apple do not list any Pentax cameras as compatible!
http://www.apple.com/ipod/compatibility/cameraconnector.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301052
The device is supposed to work with:
"""The iPod Camera Connector supports cameras with USB connectivity based on the following commonly used protocols:
PTP
Type 4 (or Normal)
Mass Storage """
Is the original *ist D this protocol?
I have the Belkin Media card reader. It works with the IPOD PHOTO but only copies the compact flash card photos to the IPOD hard drive where you can not view them!!! You have to copy the photos to your PC when you get home and use itunes to transfer them to correct directory on the IPOD. So presently my new IPOD PHOTO is only a storage device on the move like the old non photo IPOD.
If the new Apple camera connector works then the Belkin would be redundunt. However the camera connector is an optional extra. Good old Apple!
Comment by ammonia posted on IPOD PHOTO at 14/04/2005 - 18:20
Thanks - your comments are very interesting and go some way to explaining it.
I would say it underexposes more than over.
Have to remind myself from the manual what the P-TTL is!
The on camera flash is just popped up and used in auto green. I also used the older ???400 Pentax big flash.
I have almost exclusively used slides on the Z10. My own made up solutions (I am a chemist) have been used to process them and high consistency was achieved. The Z10 got it wrong on some shots.
The *ist D is fine. The exposure is not a big deal - you can bracket at no extra cost! You can usually re-take the shot until happy.
I would say it underexposes more than over.
Have to remind myself from the manual what the P-TTL is!
The on camera flash is just popped up and used in auto green. I also used the older ???400 Pentax big flash.
I have almost exclusively used slides on the Z10. My own made up solutions (I am a chemist) have been used to process them and high consistency was achieved. The Z10 got it wrong on some shots.
The *ist D is fine. The exposure is not a big deal - you can bracket at no extra cost! You can usually re-take the shot until happy.
Comment by ammonia posted on *ist D Auto Exposure at 29/04/2004 - 14:55
Anybody comment on this please?
There are no obvious malfunctions with the camera.
However, I'm not sure about the precision of the exposure in auto modes however. Can't be certain but I feel my Z10 is better and it has only 6 zones.
It affects simple views with land and sky and when using TTL flash. Quite often it gets it spot on!
The latest firmware has been installed and this may have helped. Not sure yet.
Otherwise this camera is fantastic.
There are no obvious malfunctions with the camera.
However, I'm not sure about the precision of the exposure in auto modes however. Can't be certain but I feel my Z10 is better and it has only 6 zones.
It affects simple views with land and sky and when using TTL flash. Quite often it gets it spot on!
The latest firmware has been installed and this may have helped. Not sure yet.
Otherwise this camera is fantastic.
Comment by ammonia posted on *ist D Auto Exposure at 29/04/2004 - 13:49
I got the FAJ 18/25 with my *ist D
Works with my Z10, and the Z10 is needed for those really wide shots that the *ist can't do because of its divide 1.5 x! So I will take two cameras.
Works with my Z10, and the Z10 is needed for those really wide shots that the *ist can't do because of its divide 1.5 x! So I will take two cameras.
Comment by ammonia posted on Pentax faj compatability at 29/04/2004 - 13:34
Do you mean on the LCD display or on the digital photos themselves? I do not think I would accept one dead pixel for >£1300!
Had *ist D since Oct 03. Can't say I have noticed any on either? I have a high quality Sony 18" PC lcd and a Nec Ht1000 projector so would see 'em if they were there.
In fact there are no obvious malfunctions with the camera.
I'm not sure about the precision of the exposure in auto modes however. Can't be certain but I feel my Z10 is better and it has only 6 zones.
The latest firmware has been installed and this may have helped. Not sure yet.
Otherwaise this camera is fantastic.
Had *ist D since Oct 03. Can't say I have noticed any on either? I have a high quality Sony 18" PC lcd and a Nec Ht1000 projector so would see 'em if they were there.
In fact there are no obvious malfunctions with the camera.
I'm not sure about the precision of the exposure in auto modes however. Can't be certain but I feel my Z10 is better and it has only 6 zones.
The latest firmware has been installed and this may have helped. Not sure yet.
Otherwaise this camera is fantastic.
Comment by ammonia posted on Cheapest place to buy a *ist D in the UK at 29/04/2004 - 13:44
Yes I get the same as I posted yesterday elsewhere on this forum.
The camera is generally fantastic and I could live with the exposure inconsistency.
Installed new firmware and am evaluating. This upgrade was suggested by Pentax UK.
Lawrence
The camera is generally fantastic and I could live with the exposure inconsistency.
Installed new firmware and am evaluating. This upgrade was suggested by Pentax UK.
Lawrence
Comment by ammonia posted on *istD underexposure? at 30/04/2004 - 18:13
I have taken hardly any portraits so far since getting the working camera a week last Saturday so have not experienced the closed eye problem. The previous flash used with the first K20D was an old 400 which did not have PTTL.
My *istD is left at the house in France so I can not try the new 360 on it yet!
Best wishes
Lawrence