Hi I'm strongly still thinking about bailing out on one system or the other and the service record for Minolta from other lists I'm on really seems to be bad. I personally have only had one dealing with them and although expensive, the results were satisfactory. However many people especially with Maxxum 7 problems have been having to send the camera in repeatedly to finally get the problem fixed taking several months in the process. That is really unacceptable. My only experience with Pentax service in Colorado is with ordering parts directly from them. That worked out rather well I would say. Especially with the *istD how would the list members rate the service coming out of the Pentax Colorado shop for turn around time, expense, and satisfactory results?
I would have to say that I have the feeling that while not quite as feature packed as a Minolta Maxxum 7, the Pentax bodies and equipment I have might be a bit more dependable and have a better build quality in some aspects. I currently have the PZ-1p, PZ-1, ZX-7, and ZX-M Pentax bodies. If I dumped the Minolta and the ZX models, the 2 remaining Pentax bodies would have a similar interface as the current *istD I believe. Am I correct on the interface similarities? I think about the dark side as well, but I don't think I'm rich enough to play with the dark side boys. Wanting digital enablement badly Dave
