Shel Belinkoff wrote:
As it's been a while since I've used the istDS, and the firmware on my
current camera has been upgraded to v2.0, there are a few questions about
settings that I may have.
The first is "Grids." This is something that wasn't available with the
earlier firmware. I ticked the box for Grids when setting up the menus,
but have yet to see grids of any sort appear anywhere. What exactly is
"grids" and how are they activated, used, or seen?
Does v2.0 of the firmware allow for a faster write speed, one that is
comparable to the DS2?
More questions later.
As Godfrey mentioned, the guides are what display on the color LCD
screen when you first turn the camera on (telling you what shooting mode
you're in), and for a few moments when you first change shooting modes.
I turned that feature off because I can see on the top of the camera
what mode I'm in, without consuming battery power to display a pretty
graphic. But the guides are useful if you're shooting at night, where
the dial on top of the camera may be difficult to read. That's not so
much of an issue for me, at least not as much as the issue of running
the batteries down.
I figure any time I can keep the LCD off, I'm conserving power.
