The lack of an immediate histogram display doesn't bother me in the least. To display the histogram, you push a button twice. I keep the post-exposure review turned off in any case. That way I can review when I want but I don't have the screen flashing on after every shot. One push on the button gives you the review, a second push gives you the histogram, a third push gives you some abbreviated metadata. It's a nice system for the way I work.
Paul
On Jan 29, 2005, at 6:30 AM, Peter Smekal wrote:
A Luminous Landscape review from 2003 maintains the following:
"Regrettably Pentax has missed the mark with the *ist D ... they can't
ignore ... two serious flaws ‹ a highly problematic card compartment and
the lack of a histogram and highlight alert in post-exposure review mode
(only on subsequent image playback, but not right after taking the shot)
... The latter can probably be fixed with a firmware upgrade. The CF card
eject problem likely needs a body redesign"
Has Pentax fixed these problems in later-produced bodies or through firmware upgrades? Peter Sweden
