dfs

DFS annoys me. Not the sofa makers, Dark Frame Subtraction. I have been reading wonderful things about the new Pentax Kx and how good it is at low light and higher ISO. But it has a couple of real annoying ommisions. No facility for a wired remote shutter release, it is either physical or infrared. Also, I have just discovered it does not have a power socket, just a battery shaped adapter that fits in the battery socket. So maybe I should keep saving and buy the K7? Well maybe not. SRS slipped up with an £880 on-line price the other day (they were either calling someone’s bluff or pre-empting a future reduction), so it is getting more realistic financially. But it also does not allow you to turn off DFS in exposures more than 30 seconds or for any bulb exposure. Admittedly, that is most annoying for star trails, something I do not shoot a lot of. But I would like to, and I do not want to shell out £500 or £900 on a camera that is severely limited in this regard. Up till yesterday, the only thing seriously tying me to Pentax was the 10-17 fisheye, but I guess I could make a bit on that if I sold it on. Today I got received a Sigma 18-200 from Germany. The only reason I bought it was that I thought it would be handy for travel and I was thinking of getting the Kx between Christmas and New Year (before the VAT increase). Now I am back to thinking about Nikon (or Canon), whichever it the better option for a fisheye that takes rear mounted filters (or bits of cut glass).