Re: *istD - I got one, and it's great!
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Nick Clark wrote: Well the *istD body I accidentally bought on eBay for £732.56 arrived OK. It appears brand new, the batteries are sealed, and it has a proper Pentax UK warranty registration card. Seems a bargain. It sure does. Who was the seller? Kostas
Re: *istD - I got one, and it's great!
The mode dial is very important when you have a lens w/o an aperature ring, like th FAJ or DA series. In a simaler way, you need to set it to manual or it won't let you change the Tv and Av separately using the dials. (I also like the MZ-S layout, but I'm getting hooked on those Tv and Av dials.)And, of course, the green button is usded for metering with M/K lenses but that's an afterthought. The interfac emakes more sense when you realize that Pentax built it with the FAJ/DA lenses in mind. Oddly, I don;t find the green button that badly placed, right near my shutter finger. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/26/04 01:55AM I agree about the MZ-S interface. On the *istD I don't actually mind the wheels to change the shutter speed and aperture, although I wish I could swap them to match the logical layout of the MZ-S. What I can't see the point of is the Mode selection dial. Other than for the Green mode which I'll never use, it's totally redundant. Just do the same as on the MZ-S - Press the green botton to reset to Program mode, chang the shutter speed and your in TV, or change the aperture and you're in AV. Change both and you're in Manual. Press the green button and it's back to Program. Why the dial? Perhaps I'll find out as I use it. -Original Message- From: Mark Erickson[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25/02/04 23:38:57 To: pentax-discuss[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: *istD - I got one, and it's great! Nick, I really like my MZ-S interface too. I would have been happy if Pentax had just taken their MZ-D design (you know, the full-frame DSLR that they never released) and redone the electronics with a sensor like that in the *istD. It would be s nice to have a consistent user interface between digital and film SLRs. Of course that approach would have precluded a couple of the cost-saving elements of the *istD, namely the plastic body and less-functional version of the K mount. Oh well. --Mark
Re: *istD - I got one, and it's great!
- Original Message - From: Michel Carrère-Gée Subject: Re: *istD - I got one, and it's great! Have you noticed the image size in LCD screen ?? 24x36 mm *istD ist a 35mm body !! Try as I might, I haven't been able to put film into mine. William Robb
Re: *istD - I got one, and it's great!
William Robb a écrit : - Original Message - From: Michel Carrère-Gée Subject: Re: *istD - I got one, and it's great! Have you noticed the image size in LCD screen ?? 24x36 mm *istD ist a 35mm body !! Try as I might, I haven't been able to put film into mine. When I received it, my wife wanted to test it: You put a film ?? Michel
Re: *istD - I got one, and it's great!
The seller was fromthemensroom. He had several *istDs at various times over the past few weks but they had all gone for a bit higher. I notice there have been a few more on eBay from other sellers, some with the 18-35 lens and offering a $200 rebate in a years time. One went for £770 the other day. Nick -Original Message- From: Kostas Kavoussanakis[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26/02/04 09:42:37 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: *istD - I got one, and it's great! On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Nick Clark wrote: Well the *istD body I accidentally bought on eBay for £732.56 arrived OK. It appears brand new, the batteries are sealed, and it has a proper Pentax UK warranty registration card. Seems a bargain. It sure does. Who was the seller? Kostas
Re: *istD - I got one, and it's great!
Nick, I really like my MZ-S interface too. I would have been happy if Pentax had just taken their MZ-D design (you know, the full-frame DSLR that they never released) and redone the electronics with a sensor like that in the *istD. It would be s nice to have a consistent user interface between digital and film SLRs. Of course that approach would have precluded a couple of the cost-saving elements of the *istD, namely the plastic body and less-functional version of the K mount. Oh well. --Mark Well the *istD body I accidentally bought on eBay for £732.56 arrived OK. It appears brand new, the batteries are sealed, and it has a proper Pentax UK warranty registration card. Seems a bargain. I've started to play with it and have a couple of observations: 1) The viewfinder shows much less of the image than the LCD Monitor. Perhaps the film cameras are like that too but the delay between taking the picture and getting the result makes it less obvious. Strange thing is that the effect seems more pronounced with distant subjects than with closeups. 2) Ergonomically it is nowhere near as good as my MZ-S. It's not bad, but the MZ-S is a masterpiece. Why Pentax couldn't have left at least some of the controls in the same place mystifies me. The green button is in a particularly awkward place given the frequency with which it is used. I need to get out to take some proper pictures to see how it handles in the field, and to see what the 1.5 crop means in practice. I am well pleased with it though, and think I got a bargain. Nick
