On Mar 3, 2006, at 11:22 AM, dick graham wrote:
Just getting familiar with the my new ds and 16-45 ed DA zoom.
Because I have a innate lazy side, I am wondering what in-camera
settings( saturation, sharpness, contrast) ds owners have found to
be the most satisfactory. Do you stick with the default settings
and do any adjustments post shooting? I realize I should shoot
some comparison exposures to compare, but this will give me some
feed back that will be very helpful.
DG
I posted this a while ago. Some of the specific names of settings
might have changed a little with Firmware v2.0, but it's mostly still
what I use.
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Pentax *istDS usage notes (godfrey)
frank wrote:
> Anyway, could you guys (Ds owners) give some suggestions on what I
> should do with the Ds (like firmware, settings and etc)? I've got
> all the batteries and SD cards. Just need some suggestions on the
> settings which can get the best pics out of Ds (jpg and/or RAW).
My usual camera settings are:
Recording menu
- Set color tone to natural
- Set storage to RAW
- Set instant review to 3 secs
Playback menu
- Set hot spot warning to Instant Review
Setup menu
- turn beep off
- turn world time off
- turn guide display off
- set auto power off to 3 min
- set file# to SerialNo
Custom setting
- turn on settings
- turn noise reduction off
- set exposure setting steps to 1/3 EV steps
- set ISO Sensitivity Warning Display to on
- set link AF Point and AE
- set using aperture ring to permitted
- set mag to start zoom playback to 4x
- set WB measurement area to Spot
- set Color Space to AdobeRGB
Fn menu
- set flash to Manual
Some notes:
- Auto Picture and any of the Scene modes will automatically switch
the Image Tone back to Vivid as part of their presets. Since you're
storing images in RAW format, it doesn't matter - you'll render it as
you see fit after the fact. If you're saving in JPEG format, be aware
of this.
- Whenever you use a manual focus lens, the focus indication is
locked to the center AF point, and matrix metering is linked to that
point as well. I often turn off the focus indication when I'm using
MF lenses as the illuminated point gets in the way of critical
focusing in the center area of the viewfinder.
- If AF focus mode is left enabled with a manual focus lens, the
shutter will be blocked unless the focus confirmation indicator is
illuminated. Setting MF unblocks the shutter, leaving AF set allows
'trap focus' ... Hold the shutter release down on a moving target and
as soon as focus confirmation is lit the shutter will fire.
- Using a manual focus A series lens on "A", all meter modes and
patterns are available. Exposure info will not include the lens focal
length. PTTL works with the built in flash in all modes, Av mode
locks the shutter speed to 1/180 sec.
- Using an M or K series manual focus lens, only CW Averaging and
Spot patterns are available, and you are best to use Manual exposure
mode: the AE-lock button will take a meter reading and set the
shutter speed, which you can adjust with the thumbwheel. The aperture
ring controls the aperture, and the DoF preview works. The built-in
flash reverts to full power, manually set exposure with the aperture
control and guide number. The aperture value will be absent both in
the displays and in the picture info. Av mode is also available, but
M and K series lenses will not stop down: all metering and exposures
will be made at wide open aperture. All program and Tv settings will
default to Av. 'A' series lenses operate the same way as M and prior
when you take the aperture off the 'A' setting.
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hope that helps.
Godfrey
