The DS is quite at home using SHDC cards. I don't use them because 180+ pictures on a card are more than enough eggs in one basket for me.
-----Original Message----- >From: Luiz Felipe <[email protected]> >Sent: Jan 5, 2009 10:54 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: *ist DS storage question > >I spent a few days with very limited internet access, and was unable to keep >up with the photos posted - I'm going to look them over the next days, but >usually they come just great - so I bet I won't be disappointed... the >comments alone are very interesting. :-) > >I'm considering my digital options, within the well-under-$500 range, and >wonder about the DS and DS2 bodies. While they lack shake reduction and sensor >cleaning, both accept AA batteries and would not seem mismatched in my bag. >Big question so far: do they accept SDHC cards? Not just 2Gb cards, but 2G and >over SDHC cards? > >Pentax released a firmware update to the DS that would allow the use of 2G >cards, but the compatibility of pre-HC readers and SDHC cards depends both on >hardware and firmware - so even if Boz' page list both as SDHC capable I'm >wondering if any of you is actually using SDHC cards on the DS/ DS2 cameras... >and how many Gb. > >I'd like to go for a k20d, or at least a k2000, but buying a DS/ DS2 would >leave me with a little more to spend in lenses... probably the Sigma 10~20 we >discussed. Not an easy choice, but I believe I wouldn't lose much going with >the DS/ DS2. Comments? > >Thanks in advance. > >Luiz Felipe >luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br >http://techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/ > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
