Hi Cotty, on 20 Jan 03 you wrote in pentax.list:
>Hands up: who will be looking 'very closely' at the Pentax DSLR (assume >6MP at less than 1500 bucks) in the following categories: 2*B*/ I'm 99 percent sure I want one but my wife would kill me... ;-) I agree with you, Cotty and Mike, that getting into DSLR business would not necessarily mean to change it every time a new one comes out. If I can afford such a camera and it works fine for me (and everything that I have read so far confirms this), then I don't see a reason to buy a new camera some weeks later. It would be a different thing, if I wasn't satisfied with the bought DSLR and the newer modells would be far more better at the same price. But this isn't a matter of DSLR development but of choosing a DSLR that fits my needs. Obviously the lifecycles of digital cameras are very short. That means, that you won't use a DSLR as long as an LX. But maybe you can get the most out of it for three or four years and use it as a backup body for a new DSLR after that. It's the same with computers: I will get a bigger/faster/whatever if I wait some weeks. But I won't save money - I'll just get 3GHz instead of 2.6GHz for the same price. But if I buy one today then I can use it today and I wouldn't see any necessity to change because of a faster modell. Indeed there stands a Pentium-II 300MHz in my room which is no longer my primary PC but a fine workhorse for many tasks. Cheers, Heiko
