K10D, as I remember the manual saying, does, or can be set to, power itself off. I'd have to check to be sure, however. Since PS can easily handle dust spot removal on the image, I will do it manually if necessary.
Jack --- skye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, I don't have a K10D but wouldn't that depend on how often you > turn the camera on or off? I usually just let my D sit idle since it > powers itself off every thirty seconds or so. I'd have to make a > special effort to turn a K10D off and then back on, if I got one so > it > doesn't seem excessive to me. ;) > > Have cleaned the D sensor myself on two occasions already this year, > and paid for a cleaning done by someone else (at the beginning of the > year). I guess I'm just prone to dustiness. I usually check it before > I head out on a photo field trip if it's light out and I have the > time. > > --skye > > On 12/18/06, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For the folks who have K10D's - how have you set the dust removal > > setting? I originally set it to turn on with every power up, but > that > > seemed excessive and I wondered if the knocking of the sensor was > > ultimately good for the AS mechanism. So, now i just use it as > needed > > (which is not yet so far.) > > > > Do you see any reason NOT to use it on every power up? Do you > think > > using it regularly would be beneficial in terms of preventing dust > > specks from building up? > > > > FWIW - I'm going on close to a year now since I last gave the > *ist-D a > > 'wet' cleaning with the alcohol and swabs. During the first year of > > operation it seemed that the thing got spots on the sensor just > sitting > > in the bag. But this summer, despite extensive use in a very dusty > > locale, it's hasn't needed anything but the occasional puff of air > from > > a hand held blower. > > > > - MCC > > -- > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Mark Cassino Photography > > Kalamazoo, Michigan > > www.markcassino.com > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
