I appreciate that the settings available in the DS2 to adjust the jpeg processing (sharpness saturation, and contrast) are probably similar to those found in Photoshop, but do you have a favourite setting you adjust to get a better result?

John

What do you use/prefer?

My first impressions of my DS2's focussing is that it's somewhat slow. The multi-point focussing seems to hesitate before it decides.

Intuatively, I think single point might suit me better. What do you use most?

John

As with Canon and Nikon, can you remotely adjust other 360 flashes from the camera 360 master flash?

I'm new to Pentax kit so I would appreciate some clarification.

I've got a DS2 and to use wireless flash 'properly', it seems I need two 360 flashes - pity the pop-up flash can't be used as in the case of the *istD. If I buy two, I hope they'll be as versatile as their 'other make' equivalents.

Hope you can help.

John

I thought I read somewhere that there was a digital preview function of the depth of field on the DS2.

It took a picture but didn't store it but you could see the result on the LCD.

Am I imagining things, or is the setting buried somewhere and I've not yet found it?

Hope you can help.

John

In your opinion, what makes Pentax cameras better than, say, Canon or Nikon?

Thanks everyone for all your comments. Much appreciated.

John

Thanks for all that info.

I'm a bit puzzled by the fact that the *istD can have wireless flash and the others can't. Why is this?

I thought my *istDS2 had everything onboard to take advantage of wireless, P-TTL flash, including using the pop-up flash to fire the other, say, 360 units.

Hope you can clarify.

John

I'm interested in a flash for my *ist DS2. I'd like the 360 but it has no swivel. I could go for the 540 but that's rather big I suspect. And the Sigma range might also be rather large.

Anyone miss the swivel on the 360? How do you cope when the camera's in the vertical mode? Is it frustrating not to be able to swivel the flash to the ceiling? Or have you ways you overcome this?

I'd appreciate your thoughts.

John