Thanks. Maybe I'll call them and see what it will cost. While I can believe my 3 year old *ist D has a problem I can't believe the crap that came out of the *ist DS.
http://photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=355761 The first is ISO 800 f/1.8 for 6 seconds. The second is a straight up Milky Way shot, ISO 800, f/1.8, 20 seconds. I'm wondering if this might not be an irfanview conversion problem with these (PC with Photoshop crashed). Tom C. >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: I Hate My *ist D - Eclipse Photos >Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:19:54 +0000 > >I would send it to Colorado for service, along with some examples of the >noise problems. >Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- >From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > They were brand new lithium AA's. Crumby, huh? > > > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > >From: Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > >Subject: Re: I Hate My *ist D - Eclipse Photos > > >Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:57:32 -0500 > > > > > >Were you running it off batteries or ac power adaptor? > > > > > >On 8/28/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I hate my *ist D. I stayed up until 5:15 AM taking eclipse photos. >The > > > > first several within 20 minutes of when the eclipse started look OK, > > >though > > > > that was not the fabulous part of the evening(morning). However, >the > > >camera > > > > quickly became noisy (electronic noise), even at short exposures ISO >400 > > >and > > > > 1/500 sec. All with Tokina 500 f/8 mirror lens. > > > > > > > > Of course it was at its absolute worst during totality. One shot >for > > >some > > > > reason was less noisy than the others, though still ruined by noise > > >(next to > > > > the last as presented). > > > > > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=355756 > > > > > > > > Most shots looked good on the LCD, even when magnified to check >focus, > > >with > > > > orange hues and turquoise tones at the edge of earths shadow. All >lost > > >to > > > > noise. > > > > > > > > Some taken during totality didn't make muster because 8 - 10 sec > > >exposures > > > > were too long and exhibited too much tracking across the frame. > > > > > > > > I'm not sure if I have a hardware problem with the camera... may be >time > > >to > > > > throw it in the trash. I've taken other aurora shots with the same >body > > > > that were virtually noise free at exposures of 15 - 20 seconds. The > > >newer > > > > *ist DS with less than 1000 shots on it was even worse, however, at >ISO > > >800 > > > > and 2 secs. Images (not shown here) were absolutely obliterated. >Looked > > > > like a Photoshop effect. > > > > > > > > Still amazing to watch. > > > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
