On 3 Feb 2004 at 17:00, Charles Wilson wrote: > I have been using my ist - D and slowly getting used to all its features. > But I have a couple of questions. > > 1. Is there a way that the camera indicates on the screen whether it is in > matrix focussing, centre weighted or spot, I cant seem to find that out.
One press of the info button when the rear display is blank will reveal a small frame at the top left of the screen, to its left is the AF mode and the dots within the frame show the active focus spot/matrix. > 2. How do I check for hot pixels. I have heard that some people are > experiencing these. Shoot a TIFF image with the cap on using a shutter speed of 1 second or more (turn off noise reduction). You can either visually inspect the file or use a utility such as http://www.starzen.com/imaging/deadpixeltest.htm Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
