Luiz, If you can find a manual for the *ist DS2, that is written with the 2.0 software in mind. Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Luiz Felipe<luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br> wrote: > Well, after a long battle my DS arrived home. Alive and kicking, quickly > demolished a set of ancient NiMH from Rayovac or something like that... > currently working on a set of Philips NiMH 2300 mAH, and accepting gladly > kingston 2GB SD cards. But that's after the firmware upgrade to 2.02. > > Works fine indeed. Still trying it out, but so far I'm very happy with it, > low res by today stds and all. Next step? Depending on money issues, a > second camera - maybe a Demo K7 at the right moment... assuming I manage to > go in person or find a proper courier, the a$$%*le that brought me the DS > managed to cost me not only the dreaded import tax, but also a fine because > said carrier decided to lie about the goods on her bag. At least she didn't > try to bribe the officers... > > After some experience with a Xti and its kit lens, the DA 18~55 looks like a > dream. Not only because of its nonrotating front element (Cokin set in the > bag again!!), but because it's going wider than 24mm before any vignetting > is noticeable in the viewfinder of a borrowed ZX5, wide open. Trying to > preview DOF and realistic vignetting with my current crop of 35mm is futile, > since the lens closes all the way down. > > There is hope, since I seldom close my wide lenses past 11 - more often > they're not closing past 8.0... Did some crude tests today, and will return > to this matter shortly, as soon as the film is developed and scanned. Bottom > line, I may get to use it with film at least past 28mm, probably close to > 24mm, possibly wider if I kick the panorama mask in. Useful. Too bad I can't > control the aperture in the Mx/ Lx. That would be super... Possibly there is > a cheap ZX body in my future. > > Mixed results with flash, so far. I should stop being cheap and getting a > proper unit, but I'm very fond of my 280t's and vivitar 285... and those > taxes and fines almost doubled the price of the camera. High price we pay > here in Brasil. > > Still getting to know the camera better, despite the constantly read > eletronic manual - the 2.02 firmware makes some subtil changes. All things > considered, I'd call it a good move. Next, some pics... soon. > > -- > Luiz Felipe > luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br > http://techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
