January 21, 2005 - 08.00 GMT Pentax releases firmware update version 1.01 for its *ist Ds SLR. Following problem is now fixed: At the long time exposure situation such as astronomical photography, green noise might be generated partially on the image when the noise reduction is turned on. This phenomenon only occurs rarely under special shooting condition such as starry sky, and will never occur at the general situation that we are assuming. The version 1.01 will minimize this phenomenon as much as possible for the customer who use *ist Ds for this purpose...More |