Mike and I disagree on a lot of things digital, but I'm with him 100% on this. I think that the *ist-D is a home run as an introductory DSLR. If exactly 0% of the people on the PDML buy one, Pentax will still sell every one they can build as long as the price is within reason. It's going to put Pentax back on the shelves of a lot of places that either don't sell Pentax at all or carry very little in stock.
Mike Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Personally, and I say this with the weight of my reputation behind me, I >think the *ist D is about the perfect product introduction at this point in >time. Much remains to be seen, of course, in the way of image quality and >firmware choices and camera performance; but as regards the good looks of >the camera, the incredible size, and all of the apparent design choices >evident from this early, partial release of the specifications, I truly >believe that there is not one thing that Pentax could have done better. > >To me, this product looks well conceived, well judged, well designed, >astutely implemented, and beautifully balanced, and so far I can't identify >any significant flaws. I think the Pentax team that put this together did an >outstandingly good job. > >--Mike > > > >Mike Johnston >________ > >See "The Sunday Morning Photographer," my weekly online column about >photography at any of these three locations: > >http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sunday1.shtml > >http://www.steves-digicams.com/smp/smp_index.html > >http://www.photo.net/mjohnston/ > > >Also, check out my regular monthly column in the U.K. _Black & White >Photography_ magazine! -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
