remember also, that in the dark, your lcd will appear much brighter than you'd expect. severe underexposure will result if you use it to gage your shots. check your histogam and highlights carefully.

try a cheap radio slave (speedotron)

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=8007&A=details&Q=&sku=433030&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation

1) in camera formatting....frequently. I seldom erase. but shoot 400-500 images/week avg.
2)both ways work. but get in the habit of moving the images to your computer (reader recommended) and immediately burning a back-up then import to your imagin/catalogging program

silkypix will get you sorted right.

thank-you....made my day, just knowing I managed to help someone out.
now if I can just squeeze in a couple hundred thousand more good deeds, I may yet make into heaven.

That's a ricoh lens, and that's a known problem listed somewhere in these forums along with some possible fixes. you may try automotive feeler guages to fit between the lens and body (near where the af coupling on the body is (check another lens to see where things line up) and wiggle it a bit to seperate the ricoh locking pin from the cameras af coupling. good luck

I had my digitals out in -30 c
Properly prepped, a camera, like a person will be fine for a little while.
now a week long trek to the arctic, sleeping in tents...I don't know...I'd bring film. at least for back-up

Can we all say "monkey wrench"?
here it is:
Why doesn't pentax put three of the 6 or 10 mp sensors (each filtered for R, G, B) into one kmount body with hd video AND 30 mp stills, with direct to sata hd capture.
Samsung And Pentax could capture both PRO video and PRO still markets with such a beast.
http://www.popphoto.com/inamericanphotomagazine/3516/2006-innovators-photojournalism.html

For the last few months, I've spent my days in a college classroom.
The curriculumn calls for film.
using my ist ds2, and my super program together, I've shot digital polaroids, and b+w film.
here's what I learned:
I've been sloppy in recent years, since switching to digital, releying on software to fix details film shooters must pay attention to.
My time with film, has caused me to improve my digital work.
I'm spending less time at the computer.
Film shooters Must Fear Digital shooters.
The ability for consumers to obtain high quality images with digital will lessen demand for the skills of seasoned pros.
For me film is something only to be done on demand.

The last batch of santa fotos we did this season, I shot the ist ds2 and a sony hdv hdr hc1 camcorder side by side, and the resulting 4x6" photos were remarkably similar in quality.

so I'd suggest that the film/digital, or large/small image sensor, debates are moot.

Those of us that want to still be in business three years from now had better start debating "Still Photographer vs Multimedia Specialists"

I'm betting the LX-D will be 10-14 mp, with( silkypix based) raw converter built in...(it'll download your favorite settings which you'll set in the preferences on your computer) with built in wi-fi networking.
built in nand memory 15 gig...no sd cards! instead a gps module.
upgradable sensor modual.
retro styled with Real alloy metal body.

Brilliant tip JR most people fail to look outside the box...as in the 4x6 box thier minilab offers.
I find odd shaped images work great with unusual compositions..although saddle composition is good place to start when using odd shapes.