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Originally Posted by Dennis
Hey Dave
Your continuing support for that good little ol' battler, the Pentax *istDS has been an inspiration to me.
Cheers
Dennis
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It is a beaut little camera, as you well know Dennis, and I have just updated the firmware to version 2 thanks to 33South for the notice that it was out
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...9628#post69628 .
I will admidt that this camera is no 350D or 20Da but for what it is it gives me a lot of pleasure using it. I have spent probably too much money on it but I wanted a good zoom lens for the price and spent $1800 for the Sigma 50-500 lens and another $300 for a 2 times teleconverter. I know my next camera will be of the 20Da variety, but that will only be for hooking up to the telescope.
I recently bought a power adapter so that I can power the Pentax up with an external battery that i got from SuperCheap for $29. it works a treat and should be able to give me some decent long exposures without worrying about if there is enough power for the camera. i usually power the Pentax with lithium batteries and found that at Duckadang the cold really affects the battery life and that they were the only real option (until I got the external power adapter).
I have taken some really nice photos with the camera, well at least I like them, and really when it comes down to it, it really has bang for bucks. I just wish it had mirror lock.
