On 29 Jan 2005 at 17:00, Peter Smekal wrote: > Another argument not to get the *ist D blown into the wind ...gggrrr ... > thank you guys ... :-)
Read the previous comments as you will but for my money the card door and eject mech is a bad design and still is a bad design after I've been using it for a year. My cards are still a pig to get out (especially compared to previous cameras I've owned that also used CF). The post view mode selection sequence is clumsy and could be remedied with software. A highlights feature (like on the *ist DS) would be very handy (I guess that's why they added it to the *ist DS) and the joy-stick on the back is an absolute pig of a design, one of the poorest implementations of such a control that I've used. We have an iPaq Pocket-PC and a Muvo MP3 player they both have smaller joy-sticks of similar appearance but they both seem to work far better than the Pentax control. These gripes may sound minor but they've caused me frustration in the field so I remember them. I hope whatever comes next addresses these problems but if you are prepared to ignore them the *ist D is a fine camera but will probably only be available used in a very short time. The *ist DS design appears to have already addressed these minor gripes from what I read. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
