My first *istD was defective. It wouldn't recognize a card. However, B&H replaced it immediately. I now have two *istD and have not had any problems with either. i find that my exposures are very accurate and the quality is very good. The camera has made me much more productive. Where a magazine shoot used to take four hours with the 6x7, I can now do it in two. In the year prior to purchasing the *istD I posted about 30 shots with my stock house. In the year since, I've posted around 200. I print on the Epson 2200, and the results are very nice. I couldn't be more pleased with the camera or the technology. Paul
> I have some concerns about moving to digital, not as a replacement for film > but as a supplemental system. Having been reading many digi-threads here, > one thing keeps popping up: the various problems people have been having > with the istD. The idea of buying a camera and then working through > software and quality control issues, problems of all sorts, downloading > glitches, memory cards that fail, just seems to defeat the purpose of a > camera and lessen the experience of photography for me. I'm not > particularly interested in solving "computer" problems when out making > photographs, and have never really had many problems in all the years I've > been shooting film: One battery problem with an ME Super, a sticky shutter > release on an MX (solved by whapping the camera against the palm of my > hand), and an LX with sticky mirror. Apart from a friend dropping one of > my Leicas and needing to replace the rangefinder unit, those are the only > problems I've encountered since 1968 .... oh, my original Spotmatic had to > have the meter calibrated. > > Are these problems typical of the Pentax dslr, or are there just a few > people here with such problems who post a lot looking for help in resolving > these issues. From what I gather most of the regulars here are using an > istD. How many have had NO problems with their cameras, software, memory > cards, or what have you? Who has had serious problems, where the cameras > has had to go in for repair, or be replaced, within a year or less after > purchase? Who has had a problem, regardless of what it was, that caused a > loss of images, or prevented a shooting session from being completed? > > I've had my little Sony for 18 months or so, maybe more, and have not had a > single glitch with it. I just put in a card, make sure the battery has > juice, and point and shoot merrily all day long. Can that be expected from > the Pentax istD? > > Shel > >
