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*ist DS

Started Aug 26, 2015 | Discussions thread
Tundera Senior Member • Posts: 1,258
Re: *ist DS

M R Padmaraju wrote:

Just got an *ist DS with 50 mm A F.2.0 . Took a few shots and was quite impressed with it . All were @ f.2.0 MF . Your views please . ( ` have not reset the time and date .)

Regards ,

mrp .

A new post focusing on the *istDS after all these years: neat!

I still have mine around somewhere.  I have a soft spot for it, it was my first digital SLR, and my introduction to Pentax.  Despite only several newer Pentax dSLRs that improve various things, some of my all time favorite shots came from the *istDS!  And I miss the tiny body!

The first two shots are excellent, and I love the focus/DOF on the first one.  The third one, though, to my eye, seems underexposed.  Metering put too much stock in the background light, and underexposed the main subject, by maybe 1/3-1/2 stop.  You might want to try spot metering for that one since there's nothing in the background to worry about.  Alternately, fill flash could help significantly.

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