I'm not fretting about the *ist-D, it looks to me like a *very* nice camera and a perfect compliment to a full-frame DSLR, which I hope and expect we'll have eventually. Perhaps two years, but maybe less.
What's amazing is that this camera appears to be quite competitive with the D-60/10D/D100-class cameras. The D-60 was only introduced about a year ago! In other words, Pentax went from being not in the game at all to only about a year behind in one fell swoop. They may have caught up entirely with the second-tier DSLRs (ie, not the EOS 1D and 1Ds). That's a remarkable achievement. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
