Flash can be turned off so that it never fires automagically. Use the
Fn menu. When set to off, it will only fire if you have gone to the
trouble to enable it by popping it up manually. Set to off (really
meaning set to manual) it will not hinder camera operation; ie, it won't
prevent you
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 17:50:48 -0700
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: istDS Flash Question
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I also hadn't paid any attention to that function as I thought that
AF-MF
switch is already their.
Today, I
On 24/8/05, Tim Øsleby, discombobulated, unleashed:
My unofficial photo slogan is Flash is for sissies.
Oh dear oh dear oh dear.
Cheers,
Cotty
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For those people who need to quickly/temporarily switch
the focus to manual, check the page 120 of the manual
(page 122 of the PDF file
http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/manual/istDS_repl_061405_web.pdf )
This is a bit obscure capability (if you did not read the manual).
Regarding the original
On Aug 24, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
For those people who need to quickly/temporarily switch
the focus to manual, check the page 120 of the manual
(page 122 of the PDF file
http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/manual/istDS_repl_061405_web.pdf )
This is a bit obscure capability (if
, or some other clever guy)
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From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 24. august 2005 10:36
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On 24/8/05, Tim Øsleby, discombobulated, unleashed:
My unofficial photo slogan is Flash is for sissies.
Oh dear oh
Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Flash can be comfortable, sometimes it is the only solution.
Sometimes it's flash now or Photoshop later. I always regard Photoshop
as a last resort.
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
(Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy)
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From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 24. august 2005 20:48
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
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Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Flash can be comfortable
Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Whatever solution, those photos are not really worth taking is my
experience. Unless they are family moments or something like that.
But as my old grandfather used to say; never say newer.
Absolutely. Fill flash is indispensable in some applications, from
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:58:28 -0700
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: istDS Flash Question
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On Aug 24, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
For those people who need to quickly/temporarily switch
On Aug 24, 2005, at 5:43 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/manual/istDS_repl_061405_web.pdf
The link seems to work, I just checked it
(You need to have a PDF reader installed).
But anyway, you guessed correctly.
Ah, it does work, it just has some odd notion of
My unofficial photo slogan is Flash is for sissies.
--
Or, Real men don't flash.
Joe
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From: Joseph Tainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 25. august 2005 03:16
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: RE: istDS Flash Question
My unofficial photo slogan is Flash is for sissies.
--
Or, Real men don't flash.
They just show of.
Tim
Yikes! Belinkoff is asking a question about flash?!? What's the world
coming to?
Well, actually I'm asking a question about not using flash. Can flash use
be turned off absolutely with the istDS? My concern is that there may be
some circumstances where the camera will decide flash is
)
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From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 24. august 2005 02:50
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: istDS Flash Question
Yikes! Belinkoff is asking a question about flash?!? What's the world
coming to?
Well, actually I'm asking a question about
Yes. Just set the flash to Manual using the Fn button menu. That's
how mine's set. The flash will only be enabled when you press the
button to open it manually. I've never had it set to anything
else... ;-)
When the shutter speed drops below a threshold (still don't know
whether it's
The main reason I ask is that I saw someone using another brand of DSLR and
the camera refused to fire at all because of some parameter being wrong
(and I think it was because the camera decided the exposure needed flash).
I want to always be able to make an exposure regardless of how wrong it
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