On Jun 27, 2006, at 10:24 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > CF in the Canon
Thought that might be true. Canon only uses SD in a couple of very recent models. High quality, fast SD cards are now easily available in 1 and 2 Gbyte capacities at very reasonable prices. Don't buy anything larger than 2G cards at present, they're not officially supported yet. (You need the firmware update to use 2G cards.) >> BTW: If you're getting a DS body, also be sure to install the >> Firmware v2.0 update, available from the Pentax USA website. DS2/DL/ >> DL2 bodies don't have any updates yet, this brings the firmware on >> the DS up to the same functionality as the other three. > > I'm lost on this one.... what does the update do? jsut get > rid of bugs? What does it update? Full information from the Pentax USA website at <http://www.pentaximaging.com/customer_care/show_firmware?firmId=3> ---- PENTAX *istDS FIRMWARE UPDATE VERSION 2.00 CHANGES Version 2.00: - "Continuous AF" mode has been added to the AF settings in the Record Mode menu. - "Auto ISO" has been added to the sensitivity modes. - "AE-L button on M" has been added to the Custom Function menu. If selected, AE-L button provides automatic exposure while in manual exposure mode. - The effect level of the digital soft filters can now be selected from weak, middle or strong. - Dutch and Swedish have been added to the language options. - A sample picture will now be displayed in the LCD monitor when selecting Picture modes. - Unavailable menu items will now appear in gray. For more information on the Version 2 changes and operation, <http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/scms_docs/software_drivers/ fw_istds/dsfw2_howto.pdf> (PDF, 323kb) CHANGES Version 1.02: - Contains everything from previous versions of the firmware. - Support for SD cards larger than 1GB. CHANGES Version 1.01: - Extra-long exposure times, such as those used for astronomical photography, have been known to generate some green noise in an image when noise reduction is turned on. This phenomenon will only occur under specific shooting conditions (e.g. a starry night sky), and not in general use. Version 1.01 of the firmware will minimize this noise as much as possible for those who use the *istDS for this purpose. ---- Essentially, the Firmware v2.0 upgrade makes a *ist DS body functionally and operationally the same as a *ist DS2 body. As a matter of fact, to get the best feel for the differences, download and compare the DS and DS2 instruction manuals (also available from the Pentax USA website). Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
