Was the DS2 a very short lived, relatively low production item compared to the other istD series DSLRS? I am not seeing many of them left on the new market and almost none used while there seems to be plenty of the istD and istDS out there both new and used at this time. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 1:14 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Differences between the *istD, DS, DS2? The D supports hyper program with two control wheels as opposed to one wheel on the Ds/Ds2 which doesn't support that mode. The D has a smaller grip, (or perhaps I should say the Ds has a deeper grip), and a better finished body with a PC socket. Thought the Ds has doors covering the various connections, SD card, (the D uses a CF card), and nicer battery compartment are nicer. . In operation although the Ds/Ds2 write speed seems to be faster I've been able to take 6 Raw files, (with noise reduction turned off), before the D slows down as opposed to 5 with the DS, though once it slows down the D is very slow and takes longer to recover due to it's slow data bus. The D has a battery grip with built in exposure controls, which would probably be nice for use with linger lenses and when shooting verticals. But seems to be problematic for it's primary roll of supplying extra power from what I've read here and other places. Having used both I can say it's a trade off. I know that if and when I finally get a K10D I'll most likely be keeping my D as a backup, and selling the DS J. C. O'Connell wrote: > So what you are saying is the DS2 is the best of > all the pre-K series Pentax DSLR models in all respects? > Or are there somethings it's lacking compared to an original D? > thanks, jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Mat Maessen > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 4:01 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Differences between the *istD, DS, DS2? > > > On 1/26/07, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Is the DS2 better or worse than the DS >> or D and in what way? >> > > The DS2 has a larger LCD screen than the DS. It also incorporated the > change including AF-continuous mode from the DS version 2.0 software > into its 1.0 software. So if you have a DS with version 2.0 or later > software on it, it is functionally identical to a DS2. I bought a DS2 > because it came along at the right time, at the right price. > > Both the DS and DS2 have faster card write speeds than the original D. > The viewfinders are identical to the D, and can have their focusing > screens changed relatively easily. > > -Mat > > -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael -- 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
