Read through the thread and it seemed all the respondees were D body
users. I use only the DS body.
On Aug 21, 2005, at 8:43 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
If the camera is set a certain way - such as to shoot in manual
mode or
aperture priority, or has the meter set to a certain mode, or white
balance, sharpening, contrast, etc., does turning the camera off
cause the
camera to reset to defaults when turned on again, or does the
camera retain
the selected settings?
The DS retains all user settings through on/off power cycles and
battery changes. It has no backup button battery: it uses a small
condensor to provide the same functionality, which never needs to be
changed. It will retain all user settings if the batteries are
removed for charging and the camera's power switch is OFF for at
least 48 hours.
There is no facility that I'm aware of to save user settings and
reload them from a file stored on a computer or storage card.
The DS does work with the Pentax Remote Assistant software, although
it is not a supported configuration. Nearly all functions work as
they do on the D model. You can download the Remote Assistant
software from Pentax, it is not supplied with the camera. The camera
is supplied with Pentax Photo Laboratory and Pentax Photo Browser
software, as well as USB drivers for Windows 98SE (all later Windows
versions have the necessary drivers installed by default, as does Mac
OS 9.1 and Mac OS X). None of the supplied software packages are
essential to the operation of the camera.
The accessory list for the DS is described in the DS' instruction
manual. It includes:
AC Adapter D-AC10
Cable Switch CS-205
Remote Control F
Auto Flash AF360FGZ
Off-camera Shoe Clip CL-10 (for the above flash unit)
Hot Shoe Adapter FG
Extension Cord F5P
Off-camera Shoe Adapter F
Magnifier FB
Ref-converter A
Diopter correction lens adapter M
Interchangeable Focusing Screen
LF-60 : AF Framed Matte (standard) (std replacement)
LL-60 : AF Divided Matte
LI-60 : AF Scaled Matte
Camera Case O-CC28
Eyecup FL (std replacement)
Strap O-ST10 (std replacement)
Godfrey
