>From imaging resource: No pictures are currently available, but the camera is to be just 7mm wider and 11mm higher then Pentax's just-announced *ist film SLR - and actually 4mm less deep than that camera. (We have a picture of the film camera, but since there is no way to know if it looks anything like the *ist D, we are not posting that picture to avoid causing confusion). Canon's EOS D60 is 21mm wider, 12mm higher and 15mm thicker; the Nikon D100 is 15mm wider, 21mm higher and 21mm thicker; Fuji's FinePix S2 Pro is 13mm wider, a considerable 37mm higher and 19mm thicker. The *ist D will weigh just 510 grams without batteries.
Small size is not the *ist D's only qualification though. The camera features an 11-point autofocus sensor, shutter speeds to 1/4000 second, flash-sync at 1/150 second, a 2.7 frames per second burst capability, CompactFlash Type-I / II storage compatible with Microdrives, a 1.8" LCD display and a lot more besides. Power comes from 4 AA batteries or 2 CR-V3 Lithium Ion batteries. Advanced users will be pleased to find a RAW mode (with decoding software included in the bundle), whilst both JPEG and TIFF are also available. Connectivity will be USB 1.1, the same as the EOS D60 and Nikon D100 currently use. > -----Original Message----- > From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 February 2003 15:01 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: *ist D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > On Wednesday, Feb 26, 2003, at 15:34 Europe/Warsaw, Iren & Henry Chu > wrote: > > > > > The news finally come: > > > > > http://www.letsgodigital.nl/webpages/events/PM> A-2003/news/pentax/SLR- > > IST_uk.html > > > Wow! Have you seen that? Viewfinder 0.95x and 95% coverage! > And it is > such a small compared to other DSLRs. And it is compatible with K > lenses! And it has hyper-program and hyper-manual (back to Z-series > convenience!) Impressive work! Now, let's wait for real > photos and real > tests :-) Kudos to Pentax! > > > Pozdrowienia > Sylwek > > > >
