Is this an excellent lens, or is the FA 50.1.4 optically better? Regards Jens
Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Godfrey DiGiorgi Sendt: 9. april 2007 20:10 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: *istD lens compatibility On Apr 9, 2007, at 10:16 AM, frank theriault wrote: > I decided to e-mail the camera's initial owner to see if he downloaded > the firmware upgrades, but thanks to you, Godfrey, I've now checked > myself, and it says "ver 1.0" which I assume means it's never been > upgraded. Glad to help. That's correct: you're on the original firmware. The green button 'semi-automatic stop down metering' for pre-A series lenses was an add-on to the original *ist D, I think it surfaced in firmware v1.02 or something like that. So you definitely need to get the fw update installed to get more functionality out of those lenses. You can use them in Av mode now, however. Just be aware that they will only be wide open ... the Av mode will assume they don't have an iris diaphragm and will base exposure metering on the light transmitted through them wide open. > I don't use Lightroom, but I'm intrigued. Where might I find that? Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is downloadable for a 30 day free trial from: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/ Of course, you need a computer for that too... If you're running a Windows system, be sure that you have a Pentium IV or V or later, 1 G RAM and a good bit of hard disk space. Lightroom is a fairly intensive image processing program and needs pretty up to date hardware to work respectably. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.0.0/752 - Release Date: 04/08/2007 20:34 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.5.4/768 - Release Date: 04/19/2007 05:32 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
