OK I changed it to "10D" since I started this thread.
--- Lawrence Kwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, [iso-8859-1] Pål Jensen wrote: > > > the labels, put it with a D100 and 10D, most > people can identify the > > > Pentax from 20 feet away. > > I can't. If somebody had blacked out the name I > would never have guessed > > the *ist D was a Pentax. > > You need new glasses, Pal. :-) > Honestly, its compact dimension and its > characteristic pentaprism housing > shape are unique among DSLRs. > > > I'm dissapointed by the *ist D because it is > strictly for the K-mount > > base without any vision beyond that. I'm sorry, > but my bet is that the > > *ist D is totally forgotten after PMA except by > us. Hell, its probably > > forgotten already after the news of the new Canon. > > Wow, isn't this typical of PDML! We have been dying > for a K mount DSLR; > now we get one, and it has already been written off > completely on the > second day! Even more amazingly, this conclusion is > entirely based on the > look of the camera!! > > I mean, who cares about if *ist D can take great > pictures, who cares if it > has competitive features, who cares if it feels good > in your hands, who > cares if it is affordable.... since it looks too > much like other cameras, > it has to be DOOMED, right?!? > > <sigh> > <I am speechless> > <shaking my head> > > -- > --Lawrence Kwan--SMS Info Service/Ringtone > Convertor--PGP:finger/www-- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vex.net/~lawrence/ > -Key ID:0x6D23F3C4-- > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/