If there's one essential accessory for a DSLR, it's a modern PC (or Mac).
You need the processing power and you need the storage space. Your
machine probably came with a 10GB disk. You'll soon use that up.
If you think you can get away with not processing your images, you've
bought the wrong camera. You need a point and shoot.
Plus the fact that XP and Mac OSX (or whatever it is) are a million times
better than Win98.
John
On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:28:36 +0100, Roman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It is not Pentax *istDS it's just no USB-device support under Windows
98. I had the same problem with my friends PC and webcam.
You need either Windows 2000 or Windows XP with USB support. You won't
get neither *istDS nor any other USB device to work under Windows 98.
Please read knowledge base article from the Microsoft
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q240075/
Regards,
Roman.
Forget Windows, go Linux
http://www.debian.org/
From: "luispaulodesa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Windows 98 x *ist DS
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Hiya. My DS just arrived yesterday. Still reading the manual and
playing with the cam. I had a 'surprise'. When I tried to install the
software in my computer which runs on Windows 98, I simply couldn't do
it. It didn't bothered me much. It got worse, though.
I plugged the camera and, at first, the system does recognise the
existence of the Pentax *ist DS, but cannot install the drivers. I
tried Microsoft, tried Pentax, but all software I found was related to
newer versions of Windows. Any suggestions? I thought of buying a card
reader, sounded the most reasonable solution for I do not feel like
updating my computer at the moment.
About the camera so far, looks insteresting and promising. It's my
first digital slr, feels a bit odd, but so far so good. Still learning
all the functions and everything. One thing I miss is certainly all the
dials available on the body, instead of through lcd menus, but looks
like I'll have to deal with that. Maybe I am just an old fart, but hey,
who the heck said that old dogs can't learn new tricks? ;) Cheers
LP
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