Re: *ist DS arrived home
Thanks Bob! Just downloaded! lf Bob Sullivan escreveu: Luiz, If you can find a manual for the *ist DS2, that is written with the 2.0 software in mind. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Luiz Felipeluiz.fel...@techmit.com.br wrote: Well, after a long battle my DS arrived home. Alive and kicking, quickly demolished a set of ancient NiMH from Rayovac or something like that... currently working on a set of Philips NiMH 2300 mAH, and accepting gladly kingston 2GB SD cards. But that's after the firmware upgrade to 2.02. Works fine indeed. Still trying it out, but so far I'm very happy with it, low res by today stds and all. Next step? Depending on money issues, a second camera - maybe a Demo K7 at the right moment... assuming I manage to go in person or find a proper courier, the a$$%*le that brought me the DS managed to cost me not only the dreaded import tax, but also a fine because said carrier decided to lie about the goods on her bag. At least she didn't try to bribe the officers... After some experience with a Xti and its kit lens, the DA 18~55 looks like a dream. Not only because of its nonrotating front element (Cokin set in the bag again!!), but because it's going wider than 24mm before any vignetting is noticeable in the viewfinder of a borrowed ZX5, wide open. Trying to preview DOF and realistic vignetting with my current crop of 35mm is futile, since the lens closes all the way down. There is hope, since I seldom close my wide lenses past 11 - more often they're not closing past 8.0... Did some crude tests today, and will return to this matter shortly, as soon as the film is developed and scanned. Bottom line, I may get to use it with film at least past 28mm, probably close to 24mm, possibly wider if I kick the panorama mask in. Useful. Too bad I can't control the aperture in the Mx/ Lx. That would be super... Possibly there is a cheap ZX body in my future. Mixed results with flash, so far. I should stop being cheap and getting a proper unit, but I'm very fond of my 280t's and vivitar 285... and those taxes and fines almost doubled the price of the camera. High price we pay here in Brasil. Still getting to know the camera better, despite the constantly read eletronic manual - the 2.02 firmware makes some subtil changes. All things considered, I'd call it a good move. Next, some pics... soon. -- Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br http://techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br http://techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: *ist DS arrived home
I still use mine. The D and DS can take quite a beating. I've always thought they were both underrated little cameras. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob Sullivan Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 7:39 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: *ist DS arrived home Luiz, If you can find a manual for the *ist DS2, that is written with the 2.0 software in mind. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Luiz Felipeluiz.fel...@techmit.com.br wrote: Well, after a long battle my DS arrived home. Alive and kicking, quickly demolished a set of ancient NiMH from Rayovac or something like that... currently working on a set of Philips NiMH 2300 mAH, and accepting gladly kingston 2GB SD cards. But that's after the firmware upgrade to 2.02. Works fine indeed. Still trying it out, but so far I'm very happy with it, low res by today stds and all. Next step? Depending on money issues, a second camera - maybe a Demo K7 at the right moment... assuming I manage to go in person or find a proper courier, the a$$%*le that brought me the DS managed to cost me not only the dreaded import tax, but also a fine because said carrier decided to lie about the goods on her bag. At least she didn't try to bribe the officers... After some experience with a Xti and its kit lens, the DA 18~55 looks like a dream. Not only because of its nonrotating front element (Cokin set in the bag again!!), but because it's going wider than 24mm before any vignetting is noticeable in the viewfinder of a borrowed ZX5, wide open. Trying to preview DOF and realistic vignetting with my current crop of 35mm is futile, since the lens closes all the way down. There is hope, since I seldom close my wide lenses past 11 - more often they're not closing past 8.0... Did some crude tests today, and will return to this matter shortly, as soon as the film is developed and scanned. Bottom line, I may get to use it with film at least past 28mm, probably close to 24mm, possibly wider if I kick the panorama mask in. Useful. Too bad I can't control the aperture in the Mx/ Lx. That would be super... Possibly there is a cheap ZX body in my future. Mixed results with flash, so far. I should stop being cheap and getting a proper unit, but I'm very fond of my 280t's and vivitar 285... and those taxes and fines almost doubled the price of the camera. High price we pay here in Brasil. Still getting to know the camera better, despite the constantly read eletronic manual - the 2.02 firmware makes some subtil changes. All things considered, I'd call it a good move. Next, some pics... soon. -- Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br http://techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
*ist DS arrived home
Well, after a long battle my DS arrived home. Alive and kicking, quickly demolished a set of ancient NiMH from Rayovac or something like that... currently working on a set of Philips NiMH 2300 mAH, and accepting gladly kingston 2GB SD cards. But that's after the firmware upgrade to 2.02. Works fine indeed. Still trying it out, but so far I'm very happy with it, low res by today stds and all. Next step? Depending on money issues, a second camera - maybe a Demo K7 at the right moment... assuming I manage to go in person or find a proper courier, the a$$%*le that brought me the DS managed to cost me not only the dreaded import tax, but also a fine because said carrier decided to lie about the goods on her bag. At least she didn't try to bribe the officers... After some experience with a Xti and its kit lens, the DA 18~55 looks like a dream. Not only because of its nonrotating front element (Cokin set in the bag again!!), but because it's going wider than 24mm before any vignetting is noticeable in the viewfinder of a borrowed ZX5, wide open. Trying to preview DOF and realistic vignetting with my current crop of 35mm is futile, since the lens closes all the way down. There is hope, since I seldom close my wide lenses past 11 - more often they're not closing past 8.0... Did some crude tests today, and will return to this matter shortly, as soon as the film is developed and scanned. Bottom line, I may get to use it with film at least past 28mm, probably close to 24mm, possibly wider if I kick the panorama mask in. Useful. Too bad I can't control the aperture in the Mx/ Lx. That would be super... Possibly there is a cheap ZX body in my future. Mixed results with flash, so far. I should stop being cheap and getting a proper unit, but I'm very fond of my 280t's and vivitar 285... and those taxes and fines almost doubled the price of the camera. High price we pay here in Brasil. Still getting to know the camera better, despite the constantly read eletronic manual - the 2.02 firmware makes some subtil changes. All things considered, I'd call it a good move. Next, some pics... soon. -- Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br http://techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: *ist DS arrived home
Luiz, If you can find a manual for the *ist DS2, that is written with the 2.0 software in mind. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Luiz Felipeluiz.fel...@techmit.com.br wrote: Well, after a long battle my DS arrived home. Alive and kicking, quickly demolished a set of ancient NiMH from Rayovac or something like that... currently working on a set of Philips NiMH 2300 mAH, and accepting gladly kingston 2GB SD cards. But that's after the firmware upgrade to 2.02. Works fine indeed. Still trying it out, but so far I'm very happy with it, low res by today stds and all. Next step? Depending on money issues, a second camera - maybe a Demo K7 at the right moment... assuming I manage to go in person or find a proper courier, the a$$%*le that brought me the DS managed to cost me not only the dreaded import tax, but also a fine because said carrier decided to lie about the goods on her bag. At least she didn't try to bribe the officers... After some experience with a Xti and its kit lens, the DA 18~55 looks like a dream. Not only because of its nonrotating front element (Cokin set in the bag again!!), but because it's going wider than 24mm before any vignetting is noticeable in the viewfinder of a borrowed ZX5, wide open. Trying to preview DOF and realistic vignetting with my current crop of 35mm is futile, since the lens closes all the way down. There is hope, since I seldom close my wide lenses past 11 - more often they're not closing past 8.0... Did some crude tests today, and will return to this matter shortly, as soon as the film is developed and scanned. Bottom line, I may get to use it with film at least past 28mm, probably close to 24mm, possibly wider if I kick the panorama mask in. Useful. Too bad I can't control the aperture in the Mx/ Lx. That would be super... Possibly there is a cheap ZX body in my future. Mixed results with flash, so far. I should stop being cheap and getting a proper unit, but I'm very fond of my 280t's and vivitar 285... and those taxes and fines almost doubled the price of the camera. High price we pay here in Brasil. Still getting to know the camera better, despite the constantly read eletronic manual - the 2.02 firmware makes some subtil changes. All things considered, I'd call it a good move. Next, some pics... soon. -- Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br http://techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
