Time to modify the name of this forum?

dolphin42 wrote:

TacticDesigns wrote:

Triplet Perar wrote:

I noticed that Nikon forums have updated proper names, even with regards of not-yet-officially-released cameras!

Nikon FX SLR (DF, D1-D5, D600-D850) Talk

But, in the description of the Pentax Forum, it still goes, "... such as the K and *ist D series."

I mean, c'mon?! How many years it's been since *ist D, and how many DSLR models since? And Nikon's forum has yet-unreleased camera name in it!

I still use a Pentax ist DS . . .

It may be old, but it still works, and IMHO still bangs out great pictures!

Take care & Happy Shooting!

I still use my ist D.

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I've actually got mine right beside me. I was getting it ready to take camping this month.

I actually bought one of the WiFi SD Card adapters that let you transfer pictures from the micro SD card to your phone via. WiFi.

I tried it out in my Pentax ist DS and . . . it worked even better than I had thought / hoped.

It is totally weird transferring pictures via. WiFi to your phone on a 16? year old camera. LOL.

It totally makes this camera a different beast!

6MP of fun pictures of the family, kept all my FA lenses too.

I've actually only have 1 AF lens for Pentax-K mount now.

I keep giving away the kit lenses I pick up when I give away a Pentax dSLR to someone wanting to learn photography. I gave away my last 18-55 last year to our friend's son.

And I dropped my 28-80 years ago and never replaced it.

So I only have the Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 now.

But . . . I have a full (at least I consider it a full set) of manual focus lenses. LOL.

Every now and then I pull it off the shelf and it will only blink a low battery alert on the lcd, even with new batteries, but 1st time it happened I found that flashing the 1.12 firmware to it again would fix it for a few more years. Other than that nuisance the ist D still works like the day I bought it.

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I noticed that with my Pentax ist DS and K100d.

But . . . I think I tracked down what was happening, at least for me.

When NiMH AA batteries became common, I started using those in my Pentax dSLR cameras and it worked out really well.

And then after a few years I noticed that my cameras were draining really fast.

But then I took a closer look at the batteries I was tossing into it.

What I was noticing was that the older batteries were lasting longer than the new batteries I was putting in.

When I look at the old versus new batteries, I noticed the old batteries were about 1700 mAH. Where as the new batteries were between 2200 and 2500 mAH.

So I hunted down some 1700 mAH rechargeable NiMH batteries and tried them out in my Pentax dSLR cameras and . . . they lasted longer than the 2200-2500 mAH batteries.

I am guessing that my Pentax dSLR cameras like 1700 mAH NiMH batteries more than newer batteries.

I am reading that some suggest the Enloop batteries. I have't found the need to try that out yet.

But . . . yes, the Pentax ist DS is fun even after all these years and still a relevant camera IMHO today.

The WiFi SD Card is certainly helping (at least for me) making it a more useful camera now-a-days! LOL.

Take care & Happy Shooting!