Re: strange button on *ist-D (IS?)

2003-02-27 Thread Rob Studdert
On 27 Feb 2003 at 0:23, Alan Chan wrote: Perhaps for uploading pictures through USB. Press it once and it will upload everything to the PC. I guess: press it once and a white balance offset will be set that will be applied to subsequent captured images. Welcome to the world of direct digital

Re: strange button on *ist-D (IS?)

2003-02-27 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 27.02.03 10:32, Rob Studdert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess: press it once and a white balance offset will be set that will be applied to subsequent captured images. Welcome to the world of direct digital image capture. For sure you have to point at the neutral colour surface, then

Re: strange button on *ist-D (IS?)

2003-02-27 Thread Rob Studdert
On 27 Feb 2003 at 11:03, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: on 27.02.03 10:32, Rob Studdert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess: press it once and a white balance offset will be set that will be applied to subsequent captured images. Welcome to the world of direct digital image capture. For

Re: strange button on *ist-D (IS?)

2003-02-27 Thread Harold Owen
After looking at some pictures of the *ist-D on DPReview I rather think it is for allowing the camera to communicate with ones computer when it is necessary to upload images. On the majority of digital cameras there is a 'play' mode and one has to switch the camera into that mode before it will

strange button on *ist-D (IS?)

2003-02-26 Thread Iren Henry Chu
Dear all, I notice that there is a strange button at the left side of the front body of *ist-D, just above the MF-AFC-AFS switch. The marking is a rectangle supported by two triangles. So the guessing game start: is it the long awaited image stabilizing function? Regards, Henry Chu

Re: strange button on *ist-D (IS?)

2003-02-26 Thread Steve Pearson
I think it shows a computer. Thus, it is probably a USB hook up, maybe??? --- Iren Henry Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, I notice that there is a strange button at the left side of the front body of *ist-D, just above the MF-AFC-AFS switch. The marking is a rectangle

Re: strange button on *ist-D (IS?)

2003-02-26 Thread Shaun Canning
nah, too small. The USB connection will be under the rubber flap on the front right or rear right of the camera. It is definitely a button we are all talking about. Cheers Shaun Steve Pearson wrote: I think it shows a computer. Thus, it is probably a USB hook up, maybe??? --- Iren Henry Chu

Re: strange button on *ist-D (IS?)

2003-02-26 Thread Stan Halpin
No, it is a button, not a connector. I was thinking it might control some momentary change in the viewfinder but my imagination won't take me any further. stan = on 2/26/03 11:38 PM, Steve Pearson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it shows a computer. Thus, it is probably a USB hook