On 20/10/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't have any "inside contacts". I also don't think Pentax is > doing a bad job of letting users know what they're planning ... I > don't see any other companies producing an annual "Lens Roadmap". > Nikon and Canon, the two leading makes in DSLR market share, don't > tell users much at all until they're ready to ship a product.
I agree about the lenses, they seem to be keeping us in the loop with, that's since they started production again. Body information seems to be far more rumor driven. > Regards 'high ISO' ... I'll evaluate the K10D when I have one in my > hands. Speculating based on a pile of assumptions and rumors, looking > at photos made with immature firmware smuggled out to the public, > tells me nothing useful. You folks who keep pursuing this nonsense > sure have a whole lot of spare time on your hands. I do not have "spare time" at the moment but I do have more time to speculate than to go out shooting so that's what I'll continue to do. > As I said once before, if the damn thing totally sucks I'll know it > in a day or three and I'll return it, then start planning my next > camera system purchase. The *ist DS bodies and Pentax lenses I own > now will continue to do a good job. Based on my experience with > Pentax gear over the past year and a half, I don't think I'll have > anything to worry about, however. I can honestly say that I've never returned a purchase because I've made the wrong decision when there is absolutely nothing wrong with the product. I guess that's why I haven't pre-ordered and why I'm very keen to see high ISO RAW images. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net