Pressing the green button is quick and easy, and allows you to focus and frame at full aperture, which you can't do with a screw mount lens without fiddling with the auto switch on the lens.
John
On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 21:58:05 -0400, Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Actually, you should be able to use your K mount lenses on an *ist-D. If the camera is supplied with version 1.1 of the firmware or better
you can set the custom function to allow the shutter to release when the lens is set off A, and in manual mode press the green button, (near the shutter
release), to stop the lens down and set the shutter to an appropriate speed. Not the most convienent, but no worse than using an m42 lens on
a k mount body.
Caveman wrote:
Ok, I did it. It was time to replace the Olympus Mju II P&S with something that doesn't eat film, and after considering Canon S60, Sony V1 and Pentax Optio 555, I've decided on the Canon. Before you cry "foul", you should hear that the main arguments were the sliding cover design and the zoom starting at 5.8mm (28mm equivalent).
So now I have some questions - not brand specific. I've read that some people preffer to use these digi P&S with a "low sharpening" setting and the lowest ISO, and do the sharpening later in Photoshop or whatever. Their claim is that the sharpening is more gently done this way and the noise is kept to a minimum. Is anyone here using a similar technique ? Could you comment on it ?
Second question - is there any point in buying high speed CF cards for P&S digicams ?
Third question - has anyone compared the RAW output with the finest JPEG setting ? is it worth to shoot in RAW ?
And the final question. Since now I'm on a shopping spree, I'm also looking at something more serious, like a DSLR. In my price range are the Nikon D70, Canon 10D and digirebel, and the *ist D. Which one should caveman buy ? (in its infinite wisdom Pentax made my current lenses unusable on the *ist, so I'm open to any suggestion).
cheers, caveman
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