Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
05-30-2014, 06:56 AM
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I have a Pentax ist d camera, and it's worked great until fairly recently. Right before the issues started, I got a low battery notification. I'm using lithium non-rechargeable batteries that were received with the camera from a seller on ebay. I tried replacing those with regular AAs (new from the package) and upon trying to turn on the camera again, I got a low battery notification and the camera shut off quickly afterwards. When I put the lithium ones back into the camera, it showed a full battery and does not turn off. However, now the shutter will delay itself and often will not take the picture unless I slowly move forward or backwards - I have no idea why this would work; maybe it has something to do with an autofocus somewhere? I'm really at a loss for why physically moving the camera forward would activate the shutter.
Is this a problem with the camera itself or do I just need to get the right type of battery? From what I've read online, regular alkaline AAs should work (but don't).
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
11-09-2012, 12:51 PM
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Hey there! I'm not very good at these sorts of things, so we'll keep this short! I'm currently in Louisville, Kentucky and I write for Louisville.com. I recently bought a Pentax ist DS used on ebay, and it's my first DSLR, though I am used to a manual Canon SLR. I'm hoping to be able to get the most out of this camera and hopefully you fine people can help me along that path!
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
11-09-2012, 11:49 AM
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I recently acquired a Pentax ist DS and have had a little time to play around with it. I am used to a manual Canon film camera but I write for an online weekly site, so I wanted to be able to take digital pictures when I went on events. Of course, most of these events are at night or are concerts, some with low lighting. My issue is that I really don't like to use the flash if I don't have to - I'm sure it's annoying for the performer and usually just doesn't produce a good image to me. Looking through the manual last night, I discovered the "P" setting which will give an auto-exposure, which works, but of course with it being so dark, it's a really long exposure and at these events I won't have a tripod. And the manual settings I've tried give it under exposure. I have, in the past, seen some photographers at such events taking pictures without the flash and without the long exposure, but I don't know what setting they had or what type of camera. Any ideas? Would changing the ISO in the manual mode help?
Also, I am used to a light meter to determine the appropriate shutter speed and f/stop - is there a way to do this with the DSLR I have, or do I now have to memorize that kind of stuff?
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