That is certainly good news and if the DS sells well it could encourage pentax to come up with something that can really start to turn heads in P's direction.
Patrick
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I was in a Ritz Camera today having some snapshots processed with their Fuji Frontier and I noticed that they had a Pentax *ist-Ds on display. I asked to look at it and the clerk brought it down for me to play with. Mmmmmmm.... I'm still on the fence about getting a DSLR, but that camera felt pretty darn good. The body finish is not as nice as my MZ-S, but the splatter-finished plastic feels nice and solid. The viewfinder is remarkably good as well. I was also impressed by the "touch-up" focus capability of the kit lens--sure wish the FA* lenses had this!
The most interesting part came when I asked the clerk how the cameras were selling. He said that they were selling so well that they couldn't keep them in stock and that I had the last one in the store in my hands. I asked what set the Ds apart from the Nikon D70 and he responded that the better viewfinder was a big selling point.
Add this to occurrences like the formation of Lens Buyers Anonymous (LBA) at the dpreview.com Pentax SLR forum and maybe the sky isn't falling for Pentax after all....
--Mark
