Ziggy asked:
> So, how many of you merry people are going to get an *ist-D and if not why
> not?
Well, to keep this from being completely biased in favour
of folks who'll be buying it (self-selected sample error),
I guess I should speak: I won't be buying one, and the
reason is simple economics. I'm not sure how I'm paying
my HMO premium or my electric bill this month (or other
bills from folks who haven't threatened to cut me off yet),
and I don't see my finances improving significantly in the
near future. So I'm limited incredibly lucky pawn shop or
yard sale finds, and the occasional hand-me-down (my very
first Pentax H3 was a gift from a friend who saw the toy
plastic camera I was using and took pity on me).
Would I get the new digital if I could afford it? Probably.
I've been wanting to add digital to my bag of tricks for
some time, so depending on what the price wound up being,
I'd probably pick one up if I had enough left over after
my bills were paid. (Though I might grab a 67II first in
that situation.) Someday fifteen or twenty years from
now I'll find one on a table at a yard sale and snatch it
up.
How much sense does it make for me to be as excited as I
am about the release of something I know I can't touch?
'Cause I am excited that Pentax is releasing a K-mount
digital (even if it's not a 24x36 sensor). I'm just not
sure _why_ I'm so excited.
-- Glenn
