Or she could enter the comp herself and show her dad how it's done!

Dan

Oh, and I made a mistake with the current output of the adaptor. 0.28A is the draw from the mains, the adapter can supply up to 2.5A! Seem to remember this was quite important, certainly way above your standard mains adapter.

Dan

Well, not stupid at all. Bear in mind that many people use NiMH cells, which are 1.2v each (4.8v total), but the DC mains input is 6.5v. Seems a bit odd. Then you look at the K10D, which has a 7.4v Li-ion battery, but has an 8.3v DC input.

So as the DC input doesn't seem to be that close to the battery voltage, who's to say they didn't change the DC input between cameras?

Anyway, just had a google, and found that the Pentax K-AC10U power supply was suitable for the K100D,K110D *IST-D & *IST-DS, so shouldn't be any trouble with this at all.

Dan

Er, no. The *istD requires 6.5v DC input. What does the DS need?

Dan

No worries, let me know whenever.

Dan

Have to agree with Simon, colours look fine on my system too, sea's a nice blue/green, such as you might expect on a sunny day. Undoubtedly the polariser has helped, but not unnaturally (for me).

Can't see the lines around the chapel either - light or dark ones Darkmunk?

Dan

P.S. Guessed it was the 10-20mm by the look of that sky.

I got a Hama one, as it supplied the 6.5v required, and it was a lot cheaper than the Pentax one! Not sure of the power requirement of the DS, whether it's the same as the *istD I have.

Lots of checking and double-checking the right connector/polarity etc before plugging it in, but then I only used it twice, I think, for when I updated the firmware.

It's a Hama Universal Adapter "Electronic 2.5" Mk. II, model number 73046612. I can't find these on the web now, they do a "Digi 2.5" which seems a similar thing, although the voltages go higher (my one only goes up to 7v). Mine supplies 3, 4.5, 5, 6, 6.5 and 7v, 0.28A max.

As I said, mine's set up for the *istD, but if you could confirm that the DS required the same, then this PSU would (as far as I can tell) be suitable. You could have it for £7.50 incl. p&p (assuming you're in the UK).

Just tried it out to make sure it still worked, and it's fine. PM me if you're interested.

Dan

Whoops! Hadn't noticed the thread went onto the second page.

Dan

So, Yves Laurier...

That would be Whyvee-ess Elayooarreyeeearr?

More like Eve Lorryair surely?

Dan

You're only just noting that?!? You want to pay more attention...

Dan