Pentax *ist D SLR Review

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Pentax *ist D



Playback Features


Pentax *ist D SLR

Pressing the Play button brings up the last image captured full screen on the LCD. The current folder and file number is in the upper right corner. Press the 4-way controller to the right or left to scroll through the images.



Pentax *ist D SLR

Press the INFO button once to display a histogram





Pentax *ist D SLR

Press the INFO button a second time to display the exposure details.





Pentax *ist D SLR

Rotate the Av Dial to the left to enable the thumbnail preview mode with 9 images per screen. Navigate with the 4-way controller and display any image in full screen mode by rotating the Av Dial to the right.



Pentax *ist D SLR

Rotate the Av Dial to the right to enlarge the playback image, each time you rotate the dial the image is magnified more until you reach the maximum of 12x, there are 15 steps in all. At any magnification step you can scroll around inside of the image by using the 4-way controller.



Pentax *ist D SLR

Press the Trashcan (delete) button to erase image(s).





Pentax *ist D SLR

Press the AE Bracketing button in playback to enter DPOF information.







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