Sam Jost mused: > > Yup, some just have too much money. This had been a question in a local > pentax forum a few days ago, too, someone who asked if the *istD could not > show a live preview.
Indeed. I'm sure it's going to be a common question from first-time DSLR purchasers, especially if they are upgrading from a digital P&S. I don't think it's a particularly stupid question - you need to know a great deal about the internal implementation detail of a DSLR before you even know how (let alone why) this capability is rendered impossible. I think sneering at the purchaser, or dismissing him as having more money than sense, says rather more about the disparager than about the customer. I suspect I'm probably among the more technically oriented in this group, but when I first played with a DSLR (a Nikon D1, back when they were new) I wondered why it still made noises as though it had a shutter. > He accepted it ok, the really sad thing was: his dealer told him it could > show a live display. Unfortunately you can't really believe most sales staff. It's usually just ignorance, but there are still some commisson-based product pushers with rather elastic morals (around here they seem to end up working for Frys :-) > Ah well, local shops - when I aked for the price of a SMC-A 50/1.2 in > january the local dealer tried to persuade me to buy a sigma that was 'even > faster and cheaper' then the 1:1.2/50, a 1:1/50 from sigma for half the > price! > > He was looking at a macro lens 2.8/50 with 1:1 macro ratio. I bought my > *istD at some internet shop who was way cheaper and knew a lot more about > what he sold. > > Sam > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob Brigham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 7:17 PM > Subject: RE: Over to the Dark side.. ist D vs 20D brief comparison > > > > Read this: > > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/read_opinion_text.asp?prodkey=canon_eos2 > > 0d&opinion=23637 > > > > Har! >
