> Ziggy wrote: > >> So, how many of you merry people are going to get an *ist-D and if not why >> not? > Pål Jensen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I won't buy it for the following reasons: > > - It is just a Nikon F80 with K-mount. The F80 has never tempted me the > slightest. > - It will be outdated in six months. > - It will be too expensive as long as it cost more than $1000. > - Low resolution images. > - Too expensive: I have to update all my computer equipment and buy lots of > paraphernalia to have any pleasure out of it. > - At present no lenses that take advantage of the small image circle. When > they come, I might be tempted by the follow up(s) of the *ist D. > - I find it to be a deeply derivative and unimaginable camera. I think this is > going to backfire; people who want a Nikon F80 or a D100 are probably going to > buy the real thing. > > Pål > I don't know yet if I will buy it. Factors to consider: Plus: a. I can give my Optio330RS to my wife rather than buy a new one for her b. I can use all of my lenses, those I have left after I do a sell-off to buy the new camera. c. I will double the resolution from my current (330RS) digital d. I can gain the ability to use digital in dimmer light. (Optio is limited to sunlight or flash - anything dim is horrible as the effective ISO is really limited to 200 max)
Minus: a. The MZ-S has a wonderful shutter release + MLU design. the pictures of the *ist-D seem to show a different, flatter design. Anything different than the MZ-S will be a step in the wrong direction. The ergonomics must be right. b. If it does not have equivalent quality at ISO 400 and even 800 as at 200. c. If the shutter lag is long. d. If it is priced much more than my MZ-S Totally irrelevant: a. If it looks like a Nikpn. b. If it looks like a Canon. c. If it doesn't look like a Nikon. d. If it doesn't look like a Canon. e. If it costs more, less than, then same as a Nikon, Canon, or six-pack of beer. I wouldn't recognize a Nikon or Canon unless it had a nameplate I could read, and I really just don't care what they do or don't do. I would not buy this camera instead of or in addition to any other camera, I would buy it, or not, for its own qualities and what some other brand does is totally of no interest to me. I have a digital toy, it is adequate, I am very optimistic that I can upgrade to a better camera that also lets me use my K-mount lenses, but if the *ist-D fails, then I will continue with my MZ-S and my toy. Someday I will be able to buy a digital K-mount camera. Or not. Stan
