Legacy systems create markets for legacy items . . . But truly, the CF card is currently a very small object. Aside from marketing, is there any real advantage to having something smaller? Leave the card the same size and just make it higher capacity.
Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/12/04 02:24PM >>> There's no way I could justify one at a price MUCH higher than the *istD. I think I would rather invest in a medium format film system first. I don't want to drown in wave after wave of digital camera upgrades/new products like many of us are forced to do with computer hardware/software. I definitely can't justify a new camera every year, or even every other year. I think the price of compact flash is relatively minor (if you don't have $1 then $1 looks like a lot though) because it's reusable. The question is, what if compact flash goes out of vogue two years from now? Then everyone will be stuck with an old 'legacy' digital camera if they want to use compact flash. I bet memory form factor changes as well, and then to buy a new digital SLR one will need new memory also. Tom C. From: jtainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pentax High End DSLR Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 11:29:42 -0600 (GMT-06:00) I once wanted one, preferably full frame. Now that one may appear that has higher resolution than the *ist D, I find that I have reservations. The primary reason is that higher resolution will fill up a cf card faster. When I travel, I am already constrained by storage capacity. On my recent trip to California I took 3 gb -- enough for 212 raw images. (I shoot only in raw, so I hope no one responds about how many jpeg images fit on a card). I came home with space for only 20 images. I shot 192 images in one full day and two afternoons. Until the price of compact flash comes down, I am not certain that I would try to acquire a higher resolution dSLR, even if I could afford one. As we all know, the camera itself is only the beginning of the cost. Joe
