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£167.00.........................

Crazy money.

Just the reaction I would have expected of a Scot!

Comment by Ammonyte posted on OMG at 03/04/2006 - 00:06

Actually I'd rather have fewer "gimicks" in the camera software (frames, digital filters, anti-shake) and more useful items like a lower ISO setting than 200

Comment by Ammonyte posted on Pentax istDS2 at 03/04/2006 - 23:51

The best anti-shake device is a tripod! (IMHO)

Comment by Ammonyte posted on Pentax istDS2 at 03/04/2006 - 00:03

I use a Lowepro Rover AW II, which is pretty waterproof on its own, and has a built-in rain cover. I also have a couple of slip-lock pouches attached to the hip belt in which I carry two lenses which I am most likely to switch to. This gets round John's problem of stop, take off ruckack open, change etc etc. You can also get very large slip-lock cases which should take the longer focal length lenses.

Comment by Ammonyte posted on Camera backpacks at 03/04/2006 - 00:02

Tony, some great photos - but could with a bit more description e.g. where were they taken, what body/lens/filters combination were used and exposure/f-stop/iso setting perhaps?

Comment by Ammonyte posted on *ist D images on my website at 02/04/2006 - 13:02

My pop-up flash on my DS stopped working within a week of buying it. Pentax Slough replaced the whole body under warranty.

If my addled memory serves correctly there seem to have been quite a few posts on this forum and in "other places" where people have reported various problems with the built-in flash on the DS, maybe there is a design fault or quality control problem at pentax?

Comment by Ammonyte posted on *istDS low sensitivity on start up at night at 01/04/2006 - 18:03

It also depends on what you want to get close to. I tend to use my Sigma 70-300 APO (with macro) for outdoor flower & bug shots; extension tubes on a 50mm lens indoors on a tripod; a reversing ring attached to a 28mm lens on a tripod on a microfocusing plate as that gives most control over focus on really small objects. Try getting a reversing ring for your sicor 28mm lens and you'll give it a new lease of life. But as Matt says - go for it!

Comment by Ammonyte posted on macro question - extension tubes vs a macro lens at 28/03/2006 - 19:16

It could well be to do with the file system of the memory card, although nominally a FAT system the camera manufacturers always recommend that you format the cards in the camera, not on the PC, which suggests they may be doing something "extra". I also note that most of the undelete utilities require a special version to handle flash memory cards (but that may just be a marketing ploy!)

Comment by Ammonyte posted on What's format of JPG needed for it can be displayed on Penta at 11/04/2006 - 19:34

....and a nice wide-angle lens for those big African landscapes!

Comment by Ammonyte posted on Help! Zoom Lens for Pentax MZ50 at 23/03/2006 - 21:13

Don, you are a lucky man to find an understanding woman

Comment by Ammonyte posted on fisheyezoom at 23/03/2006 - 21:18

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