My camera store, Camera Mart, which rarely handles Pentax, has the K100D in stock, along with a fairly decent selection of DA lenses, including the 12-24, the 10-17 fish, the 16-45, 50-200 and 50 macro. Not bad for Pentax deniers. They said they expect to have the K10D by the end of September, and they're excited. "Two great cameras, each at a great price" is what the counter guy said. I played with the K100D. It felt good. I've never touched a DS or DL, but I think the K100D is pretty close to the *istD in build quality. Yeah, it feels a bit less meaty, but certainly not plastic-like. The difference might be just a matter of size and weight. The knobs and finish are all very good. Paul On Aug 5, 2006, at 11:14 AM, Thibouille wrote:
>> especially for a >> company that relies on third parties to produce them. >> >> -Cory > > Having a shring ressources on lens development with a third party > isn't the same as relying on a third party for lens development IMO. > Other brands have been rebadging lenses quite a bit (Nikon, KM, Sony, > Panasonic and all) and Pentax is cooperating with Tokina not stupidly > rebadging them. > -- > ---------------------- > Thibault Massart aka Thibouille > ---------------------- > *ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
