Peter Jordan wrote:
Not all that keen on the feel myself, and the viewfinder does look like
looking down a long dark tunnel, but in terms of portability &
performance for the price, you can't beat it.
Peter
----- Original Message ----- From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: ist DL2 offer in UK
Bob W wrote:
I saw that offer too a few days ago, in CameraWorld, I think, and was
very
surprised that they're so cheap. I'm almost tempted by it myself.
What are
the lenses like?
--
Cheers,
Bob
Black. Glass in the middle. 8-) Not got it going yet (sigh) Will
call back tomorrow.
All seems to be well made for modern stuff but I'm not very keen on
the feel of it.
OK, serious answer. No aperture rings 8-( Slow 8-(( Very plasticky -
for instance, you can grasp the hood of the 50-200 and, without much
effort, make it zoom from end to end. Rotten MF ring compared to any MF
lens but better than some I've seen. Push on body end cap on the 18-55,
proper one on the 50-200. Squeeze fit end caps. Hoods have cutouts for
polarisers.
Rocker switch on back feels flimsy but I suspect is not as bad as it
feels. It seems that my stock of batteries is past its useful life -
they only last about five minutes on the DL. Will give them an
overnight charge and try again. No card or batteries other than a set
of alkalines supplied, presumably to keep the price down. As the best
ratio of price for an SD card between online and high street was 1:4, I
won't be taking any real pictures until the card arrives. You can play
a neat trick with the DOF preview - it takes a picture and displays it
on the LCD. Of course, working the rotating switch induces camera
shake, so I'm not sure how one would deduce DOF accurately.
Pentax wants me to subscribe to Pentax User and to become an organ
donor, as well as filling in guarantees.
-----Original Message-----
From: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 April
2006 17:56
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: ist DL2 offer in UK
Peter Jordan wrote:
Jessops (not normally my favourite store) are offering
istDL2 (which
isn't officially launched in the UK IIRC) plus 18-35 and 50
- 250 for
GBP 540 on their website.
However, if you go into a store, it is currently going for GBP 499
which strikes me as a bargain (by UK standards at least).
I'm going for it. They only had the display model in stock
today, but
are getting more in my local store tomorrow.
Jessops Metro Centre had one in today. Note the past tense.
Batteries on charge, pictures at 11.
