goetz_adam_gageik

My Pentax *ist D has about 5 hot pixels in most images - especially at higher ISO settings - but then I'm on pic 13,000 after about 18 months. Warranty is over but I'll see what they will do.

Have the same problem with another program - the resolution isn't that hot and I saw my show on a large screen LCD - digital stepping, everything, I don't know, but I heard the resolution in these programs - if you go for the video mode is max 700 something by 500 something, that's not a lot for a 42 inch screen...

I took the plunge to digital and I am currently using a Pentax *ist D

plus a German slideshow program called Magix, which creates nice

slideshows for DVD-player viewing. However, the resolution seems to

be limited to standard DVD-movie format, i.e. somewhere around the

700 by 500 pixel lines. I had a chance to see my show on large format

LCD and Plasma screens with a lot of visible stepping in contours. Is

there a program/tip/trick with which one can get better results AND

still maintain music and blending effects? On a "normal" PAL TV

screen of about 25" there is no problem, but on a 32" LCD some images

just look rough.

I used the best rendering option, i.e. DVD setting on the program,

but still I am not happy. Can anybody help?

 

Adam

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I own the lens and it is one of my best. Yes, there is some distortion but I don't find it gets into the pic too much. I try to enclose two shots, one I took with my *ist D, there the focal-length is made longer by the multiplying factor and one on film and scanned full frame with my Canon 4000 dpi slidescanner. Perhaps this will give you an idea.<div></div>

I did another test last night by shooting with lens cap on and had two "stars" one brighter than the other. Could that really be dust? HELP!!!

Adam

I try again with a different cut - it is to the right of the hand

I just discovered this hot spot on a lot of my recent shots of my six

months old *ist D, is this dirt or a blown or whatever pixel and

should I sent it away for repair?

 

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I've done it with a blowbrush - a couple of times now - no big problem. The main thing is to remember that you have to switch the camera off when you're finished as that brings the mirror back down. I was a little nervous about it and I won't repeat the exercise too often, but the specks became too visible.

By the way - for European interest - here's a link to an on-line store which priced the kit at Euro 979 :

http://www.foto-koch.de

I live in the town they're located and have bought often from them - so far no problems - so for our British fans: have a go!

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