I use Rawshooter to do the initial processing of my images; I then save them as TIFF. The main problem is that Rawshooter saves them as uncompressed TIFF files. I can open and re-save them in Photoshop and use LZW compression, but this is time consuming. Does anyone have a utility they could recommend that will do batch conversions? Using LZW saves about 30% per file.

Grass, stonedhenge, hippies...I can see where this might lead!

Yeah, Easter Island, I can see that now that you mention it George. Now if Liam had taken the picture over theeaster holiday...

Two problems with Stonehenge are (1) they won't let you get close enough to the stones (2) all the other people getting in the way. I think I should have cropped out some of the foreground grass.

Nice picture Liam, I know Watchett via several geology field trips. As it happens I was down in Somerset at the weekend myself. Stopped off at Stonehenge on the way back, and took the usual picture postcard view.

Pentax *ist DS 16-45mm AF lens, circular polariser and ND grad filter 1/45 at f16




Just a bit of sharpening afterwards. Almost the last picture before the shutter release button broke

I know an earlier firmware release added support for "cards greater than 1 GB" in size.

Ditto John's comments about putting all your eggs in one basket, though!

Well I got my DS back from Langley on Friday. Despite it being out of warranty they fixed it free as "good will"



I complemented the receptionist on the speed with which they turned it around, and she said that it was often quicker to bring it in, as items sent by post tended to hang around in the warehouse for a few days before making it into the system.

Took the camera to Langley this afternoon. Picked up a bit of gossip about the repair centre. I was directed to main reception (not the repair centre next door). At that point I thought "ooh errr perhaps they've stopped mending things here". However when I asked the lady on reception "How long?" the reply was "well we used to have to send these off to Europe, but now we have all the necessary equipment here", so presumably closure is not imminent.

Still going to have to wait a couple of weeks

Maybe I need to start planning/saving for another digital body

John,

Thanks but it happens even with the newest AF lenses in AF mode - but fires when I use the remote cable, therefore it looks like the button itself.

I guess I already know the answer to this, but I'll ask the question in the hope that someone has a simple soloution.

The shutter on my *ist DS sometimes fails to release the shutter. Sometimes it won't even activate a half-press to get a meter reading etc. If I plug a cable release in it works fine.

If I fiddle around sufficiently, changing modes, power off/on, change lenses and so on it'll eventually start working.

I have tried it with different batteries, lenses and memory cards, with the same results - sometimes it fires, sometimes it doesn't.

So any alternatives to a drive across Slough to the Pentax Service centre?

And it was all going so well after a weekend in Somerset with the new 16-45 lens. Someone must be punishing me!

I like them both; the first one has something of the "antique print" about it while the second shows the detail. I think that sometimes there is no right or wrong, you can end up with several or many, interesting images from the same source material.