I just bought the student licensing version of Adobe Photoshop CS3 through the university where I work. The price was good, but it came with no book at all. I had never upgraded from 6, and was not that knowledgeable about that version. I can do very basic things on six.

Can anyone recommend a book on CS3 that might be easy to learn from?

Opps- guess this should have been in the flash section. Feel free to move it!

I'm not certain if this is the right place for this. I am trying to learn how to use the AF-360FGZ with my K100D. (By the way, I just ordered a K10D )

The manual that came with it is very bad. It seems to automatically adjust with my automatic pentax lenses.

I can't figure out how to increase or decrease the intensity of the flash output.

The manual says that if you press the S, you should be able to turn the dial to the correct iso, but mine never says ISO when I press it when it is set to P-TTL.. There is a 0 which blinks and I can't turn it higher than one, and the other direction starts to give me negative numbers. To the right there are fractions that you can change.

If I am in A mode is says ISO 100, but I can't change it to anything else.

I am VERY confused!!!

Does anyone have this flash? Can anyone tell me in a clear way how it operates?

Thanks- I have an AF-360FGZ, and I guess it has it on that. I didn't realize what else it could be called.

I was just reading Scott Kelby's digital photography 2 book, and he is saying that there should be a setting to turn on called rear sync for the flash. I cannot find this setting in either the istD or the K100D. Does anyone have a clue if this setting exists on either camera? Perhaps it is called another name or I am just overlooking it?

Well- My istD has a setting in the custom functions for using the flash wireless. I cannot find a function to set like this with the K100D. Does anyone know if it can work wireless with this camera, and if so how?

Good choice! I have both the K100D and the K10D. I like the K100D, but the K10D is making a big difference in the quality of photos I can take, and has more options to grow into.

I had this problem with my IstD. I sent it in to Pentax and they ran some tests and blamed it on my using rechargable CRV3's. They said that they did not do anything to fix it....they just ran tests and everything was working OK. Well It worked fine for awhile longer using rechargable NiMH's and regular CRV3's and then suddenly it again registered no charge with the regular crv3's. I am not certain what is going on!

The problem I have had is that my camera never performed well with the other recommended rechargable batteries, but I am guessing from what I am reading is that the problem might be that I did not have a charger which charged individually.

I started using rechargeable CRV3's in my istD. I loved them, and had two sets I always switched off on.

One day I tried to use regular CR-V3's instead and the battery indicator said empty. The camera would not work. I brought it to the shop in which I bought them and they tested another set which also would not work in the camera. They tested the battery charge which was fine.

I sent the camera in to Pentax. They sent it back in workable order with a notice not to use rechargeable CRV3's in it. I called to ask why and was told that the beginning charge is strong but falls off very sharply and can cause short circuits in any Pentax digital camera.

I don't know if I dare try them again, but I am not very happy as I was really enjoying them.