SDHC too :) 2007/1/15, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Peter, > I had two of the Ds, with no hot pixels to speak of. > I'm using a K10D, but think the Ds is a great way into Pentax digital. > Make sure you get the download off the Pentax USA site. > It will upgrade the Ds functions to a Ds2 (2gig sd cards). > Pentax USA has the DS2 manual if necessary. > Regards, Bob S. > > On 1/15/07, Peter Lacus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > and bought istDs. :-) Crazy man am I not? > > > > The K10D is admirable camera but it's on the big side of comfortable for > > me (both size and weight). The K100D was also ruled out, because the > > viewfinder is not up to the quality of K10D/istDs viewfinders and build > > quality seemed to be lower as well. > > > > The istDs fitted my hand like glove. Or my hand fitted istDs? Whatever... > > > > Cost was also a deciding factor - it's my first DSLR and I wasn't sure > > if I'll like the thing so I didn't want to spend too much (I was > > shooting mainly with M era cameras until lately). > > > > What I like so far: > > 1. size, weight, perfect fit, well thought interface - it's a joy to use > > this camera. I've set up various custom functions, then switched main > > display off and never looked back (the LCD screen on the back suck for > > any other purpose anyway). Quality of the viewfinder is excellent, > > topped by maybe just K10D or about every mechanical Pentax of yore (but > > these don't count :-). Even the size of the viewfinder information is > > right (not that I look at these numbers too often ;-)). > > > > 2. image quality - I started shooting RAW straight away and I like it > > very much. Just the ability to choose between different processors is > > IMHO worth it. So far I've tried Pixmantec Rawshooter Essentials > > (prefers sharpness over smoothness so it's probably better suited for > > printing), Silkypix Developer Studio (prefers smoothness over sharpness, > > which is coincidentally what I prefer as well), Pentax Photo Laboratory > > (output is similar to Silkypix and it should be, as version 3.0 is > > powered by Silkypix engine), Google Picasa 2 (nice for cataloging and > > casual use) and Zoner Photo Studio (good quality automatic conversion > > and some advanced tools, especially for those who don't have Adobe > > Photoshop). > > > > The only disappointing (well disappointing is probably too strong word > > in this circumstance) thing I've encountered so far is a "hot cluster" > > of pixels in the upper right corner. It looks like a cross made from > > about 5 pixels and is always lit. Overall not a big deal, usually one > > setting within a RAW conversion software will remedy this but I'm > > curious how common is this fault? > > > > That's all for now, folks. :-) > > > > Peter > > > > -- > > 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 >
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