Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
Installed the update on both DS bodies. For each body, I shot a frame while still on v1.02, swapped cards out to my update card, did the update, returned the original card. No problems with file number counters. I tested one body a little bit before and after doing the update. It seems snappier afterwards, focusing is more reliable, and I think auto exposure seems a tiny bit more accurate ... histograms on four test images seem a little more where I want them without changing EV compensation, etc. So far so good. Godfrey
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
On Dec 1, 2005, at 4:54 PM, Brian Walters wrote: No, it isn't - it's just that it would be more convenient on the Fn menu. I agree with that. I'd like to see a customizable Fn menu ... I almost never use white balance or flash mode controls, meter pattern and focus pattern choices would be more useful there. But it's just another press of a button to get to these functions where they are today. Godfrey
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
On Dec 1, 2005, at 9:06 PM, David Mann wrote: I want a digi with a centre-weighted match-needle meter and no LCD :) Seems absurd to me. The saturation blinkies and histogram are the most effective post-capture tool around to determine if what you did is correct. Being able to review captures for sharpness is another huge boon. Godfrey
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
Thanks for the report, Godfrey ... Shel You meet the nicest people with a Pentax [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Installed the update on both DS bodies. For each body, I shot a frame while still on v1.02, swapped cards out to my update card, did the update, returned the original card. No problems with file number counters. I tested one body a little bit before and after doing the update. It seems snappier afterwards, focusing is more reliable, and I think auto exposure seems a tiny bit more accurate ... histograms on four test images seem a little more where I want them without changing EV compensation, etc. So far so good. Godfrey
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
Thanks for the report, Godfrey ... Shel You meet the nicest people with a Pentax [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Installed the update on both DS bodies. For each body, I shot a frame while still on v1.02, swapped cards out to my update card, did the update, returned the original card. No problems with file number counters. I tested one body a little bit before and after doing the update. It seems snappier afterwards, focusing is more reliable, and I think auto exposure seems a tiny bit more accurate ... histograms on four test images seem a little more where I want them without changing EV compensation, etc. So far so good. Godfrey
RE: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
G'day Fred. Mate thanks for the heads-up. I've just updated the Ds. Like the auto ISO Love the AF/c Adore the AE-L selection. The tiny pictures in selection of the picture modes may be cute on a PS, but seems too toyish for a DSLR. Thanks Mate. Hooroo. Regards, Trevor Grafton, Australia -Original Message- From: Fred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 1 December 2005 4:12 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: *ist DS Firmware 2.00 *ist DS firmware 2.00 is out - http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/ja/info/20050415e.html Changes - - AF mode has been added to the [Rec. Mode] in the Menu and the AF mode - Auto Sensitivity has been added in the sensitivity mode - AE-L button on M has been added in the Custom menu - The effect of Digital soft filters can be selected from weak, middle or strong - Dutch and Swedish languages has been added to the language - The sample picture will be displayed in the LCD monitor when select picture modes - For prevent the confusion, the item that was not able to be set by the menu, made a gray character. Fred -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.10/188 - Release Date: 29/11/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.10/188 - Release Date: 29/11/2005
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
Fred wrote: Oops - a report on the dpreview Pentax SLR forum that the photo count is reset to 0 by the upgrade. Well, here's another report on this - I found that after the new firmware, when I put in a fresh card, it reset the image counter to zero. However, once I put in a half filled card, it started again where it left off. I formatted a new card again and it is still at the proper image number. I am really pleased to know this, hope others will find it helpful. I haven't tried it yet myself - It's late, and I learned long ago to never do serious technical things when more than approximately 2/3 aslee... Fred This worked for me. Not that I really mind about the frame counter. D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
I'm wishing that Pentax would add quick access to metering modes. Possibly a custom item to swap metering mode onto the Fn keys in place of flash mode, which would then be back in the menus. It's unlikely that you'd frequently be using both at the same time, but I'd switch in and out of spot metering all the time while outdoors, for example. It'd also be nice if you could switch to spot metering and manual exposure, look around a scene while watching the exposure read-out change, and see if the values are going to be within the range you want. With old lenses. Does anyone spot meter any more? I started using it with slide film, and you'd think it'd be useful for digital as well. Brian
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
Brian Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone spot meter any more? I started using it with slide film, and you'd think it'd be useful for digital as well. I did so with a Contarex Super and I'd love to have it readily available with the istDS without having to wade through several menu layers. Ralf ...who OTOH doesn't remember when he last used a flash. -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
Brian Dunn wrote: I'm wishing that Pentax would add quick access to metering modes. Possibly a custom item to swap metering mode onto the Fn keys in place of flash mode, which would then be back in the menus. It's unlikely that you'd frequently be using both at the same time, but I'd switch in and out of spot metering all the time while outdoors, for example. It'd also be nice if you could switch to spot metering and manual exposure, look around a scene while watching the exposure read-out change, and see if the values are going to be within the range you want. With old lenses. Does anyone spot meter any more? I started using it with slide film, and you'd think it'd be useful for digital as well. Brian I almost never take the D out of spot metering mode. The D does have quick access to the modes though (A switch like on the film *ist). -Adam
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
Spot metering is readily available on the D, and I use it when the situation warrants it. Paul Brian Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone spot meter any more? I started using it with slide film, and you'd think it'd be useful for digital as well. I did so with a Contarex Super and I'd love to have it readily available with the istDS without having to wade through several menu layers. Ralf ...who OTOH doesn't remember when he last used a flash. -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
*ist DS firmware 2.00 is out - http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/ja/info/20050415e.html Well, I performed the update (1.02 to 2.00), and it worked like a charm. I think it took just a little longer than the upgrade from 1.00 to 1.02. Of course, all of the menu and Fn settings are (not surprisingly, of course) reset back to all of the defaults settings. Oh well... Fred
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
Also see - http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/ja/info/20050415e-1.html This might be worth printing and (after folding in half) sticking into the DS manual. It's sort of in English (just like the manual - g) - seriously, it has a concise description of each of the new functions, along with some specimen menu photos. [Perhaps when Pentax USA (you know, the Petnax people), etc., gets around to making the DS 2.00 update available on its own web site, it might clean up the descriptions a bit - or, maybe not - g.] Of course, what may be missing from the page at the above URL (and also, naturally, missing from the original manual) are any subtle changes to some of the original setting options that might be caused by the 2.00 changes... Fred
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/ja/info/20050415e.html Done. Thank you Pentax! Powell
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
Quoting Brian Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm wishing that Pentax would add quick access to metering modes. Possibly a custom item to swap metering mode onto the Fn keys in place of flash mode, which would then be back in the menus. Yeah - Lack of quick access to metering modes remains my only irritation with the DS. Cheers, Brian + Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
On Dec 1, 2005, at 5:26 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Does anyone spot meter any more? I started using it with slide film, and you'd think it'd be useful for digital as well. I did so with a Contarex Super and I'd love to have it readily available with the istDS without having to wade through several menu layers. several menu layers ?? Record menu, press the up arrow two times. Really, it's not *that* difficult. Godfrey
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Record menu, press the up arrow two times. Really, it's not *that* difficult. Indeed. Never thought of it that way. Mind you, I've never had a camera with menues, before. :-) Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
No, it isn't - it's just that it would be more convenient on the Fn menu. Cheers, Brian + Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Record menu, press the up arrow two times. Really, it's not *that* difficult.
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
On Dec 2, 2005, at 1:13 AM, Brian Dunn wrote: Does anyone spot meter any more? Yes but not so often with 35mm. I want a digi with a centre-weighted match-needle meter and no LCD :) - Dave
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
*ist DS firmware 2.00 is out - http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/ja/info/20050415e.html Changes - Also see - http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/ja/info/20050415e-1.html Fred
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
Fred - Looks like the additional functions turn the DS almost into a DS2. Especially making continuous AF menu selectable in P, Tv, Av and M. Thanks for passing the info along. -P Fred wrote: *ist DS firmware 2.00 is out - http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/ja/info/20050415e.html Changes - Also see - http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/ja/info/20050415e-1.html Fred
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
*ist DS firmware 2.00 is out - http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/ja/info/20050415e.html Oops - a report on the dpreview Pentax SLR forum that the photo count is reset to 0 by the upgrade. Fred
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
Oops - a report on the dpreview Pentax SLR forum that the photo count is reset to 0 by the upgrade. Well, here's another report on this - I found that after the new firmware, when I put in a fresh card, it reset the image counter to zero. However, once I put in a half filled card, it started again where it left off. I formatted a new card again and it is still at the proper image number. I am really pleased to know this, hope others will find it helpful. I haven't tried it yet myself - It's late, and I learned long ago to never do serious technical things when more than approximately 2/3 aslee... Fred
Re: *ist DS Firmware 2.00
That is an excellent update. At last, Auto ISO in an accessible place. Thank you Pentax D Paul Sorenson wrote: Fred - Looks like the additional functions turn the DS almost into a DS2. Especially making continuous AF menu selectable in P, Tv, Av and M. Thanks for passing the info along. -P Fred wrote: *ist DS firmware 2.00 is out - http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/ja/info/20050415e.html Changes - Also see - http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/ja/info/20050415e-1.html Fred -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc
