Re: why buy *istD

2004-03-17 Thread alex wetmore
On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * They like the small size It's got competition there, if perhaps not equally-featured competition. I can also understand the desire for small size. My girlfriend really likes the *istD because it fits her hands well. I have a bit of trouble

Re: why buy *istD

2004-03-17 Thread John Mustarde
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 11:13:20 -0600 (CST), you wrote: Hopefully for Pentax users the D70 will hasten the appearance of a $1000 Pentax DSLR with a reasonable feature set, or simply make the *istD cheaper. I've owned a D100 for close to two years now, and agonized over the decision to get an

Re: why buy *istD

2004-03-17 Thread Stan Halpin
Actually, I passed through Nikon and Olympus on the way to Pentax. I bypassed Canon cameras because I could not figure out how to take pictures with them (i.e., interface issues). I settled on Pentax because it was the first I found with consistent, reliable, durable light metering. the Nikon

Re: why buy *istD

2004-03-17 Thread Chris Brogden
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Chris Brogden [EMAIL PROTECTED] Things change with the arrival of the D70 How so? The D70 isn't that much cheaper than the *istD, and it's an inferior camera in many ways. It's another plastic DSLR with a lousy viewfinder (only

why buy *istD

2004-03-16 Thread edwin
From: alex wetmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] People who never owned a Pentax camera before on dpreview seem to be buying the *ist D for a couple of reasons: * They like the user interface and look and feel I can understand this, although personally I prefer the D100, probably due to greater

Re: why buy *istD

2004-03-16 Thread Jim Apilado
money on it. Jim A. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 23:04:18 -0600 (CST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: why buy *istD Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 00:26:27 -0500 From: alex wetmore [EMAIL