Re: *ist-D in DPReview Pentax Forum

2003-10-17 Thread Alin Flaider
Pål wrote: PJ Not very likely I'm afraid. According to Pentax sources at this PJ part of the world, out of 14 000 DSLR sold about 40 will be *ist PJ D's. About 13 960 are Nikon or Canon models. That accounts then to what? ... 500 units per month? Are they hand assembled!? Then perhaps the

Re: *ist-D in DPReview Pentax Forum

2003-10-17 Thread Jostein
- - Original Message - From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 3:41 PM Subject: Re: *ist-D in DPReview Pentax Forum Mark wrote: It looks like a number of brand-agnostic folks have compared the *ist-D head-to-head against the Canon

*ist-D in DPReview Pentax Forum

2003-10-16 Thread Mark Erickson
Hi all, I've been lurking in the DPReview Pentax forum. It's an interesting read. It looks like a number of brand-agnostic folks have compared the *ist-D head-to-head against the Canon 10D and Nikon D100 and have chosen the *ist-D. This, along with the reviews that are being published,

Re: *ist-D in DPReview Pentax Forum

2003-10-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some people seem to be quite happy dropping US$1700 on a new camera body and hanging a slow, cheap US$100 zoom on it. Amazing. In a way, Pentax seems to be encouraging this kind of behavior by creating a mediocre kit lens to go with the *ist-D. Oh

Re: *ist-D in DPReview Pentax Forum

2003-10-16 Thread Joseph Tainter
I hope, hope, hope, hope that Pentax is sending the *ist-D out to reviewers with good lenses (preferably at least one Limited), rather than just the cheapo zooms. Nope, it looks like it is being reviewed with the FAJ 18-35. Joe

Re: *ist-D in DPReview Pentax Forum

2003-10-16 Thread Arnold Stark
For the *ist D, the FA-J 18-35 is not bad at all, as its limited zooming range and speed much help its optical quality! IMHO and from my 2-day experience the FA-J is as good as the chip of the *ist D requires it to be. Arnold Joseph Tainter schrieb: I hope, hope, hope, hope that Pentax is