Nope. It was almost identical to the Nikon D100, and the Canon EOS 10D offered only a larger buffer over the D100 and *istD. The Canon D60 and D30 were lower-end models, as was the Nikon D70 that shortly followed the *istD's introduction. And at the time it was the best-specified camera in production at Pentax (The MZ-S, which is the only recent body to be better-specified than the *istD, ended production at approximately the same time). The Canon Digital Rebel was introduced about that time as well, and was far less camera than the *istD (In fact the original rebel is arguably the lowest-end DSLR ever made, only the earlier Fuji S1 Pro can give it a run (the Fuji is less capable, but far earlier technology)
-Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: > The *istD WAS a bottom line model compared to > All other makes and models of DSLRS on the market > At the time. Just because they later made even > Lower specified models doesn't make it "better" > The bottom just got lower which was weird. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Shel Belinkoff > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 11:54 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: RE: The JCO survey > > You haven't a clue. The istD was _not_ a bottom of the line model, nor > did > it seem that Pentax was trying to put out "the cheapest possible model > they > could ..." After the D came the DS, which was substantially less > expensive > even though it had some benefits and features the D didn't have. The DS > was quickly followed by the DL, which was even less expensive, had fewer > features than the DS. The DS and DL were great successes for Pentax. > > Shel > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: J. C. O'Connell > >> This is the third time I have posted my thery on this. >> I think that Pentax's first DSLR (*istD) was trying >> To be the cheapest possible model they could hit the >> DSLR scene with. In that case, it's a BOTTOM OF THE LINE >> Model > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
