Dick wrote:
> After reading the ist D threads over the last couple of days it looks now > like the honeymoon is over, the bitching & moaning has begun in > earnest. PDML negative imagination is running amuck and more than a few of > us, who previously were pleading for Pentax to release the new DSLR, now > have the ist D lying dead in a pile of ashes before too long. All of this > based on a couple of photos of a prototype camera that no one has even > handled. Yes sir, all is right in the Pentax world! I didn't plea for a Pentax DSLR. I believe they should release one when they had a sufficiently original product. They didn't. Who is going to buy the *ist D? Well, for one the Pentax users who doesn't mind a Pentax looking like a Nikon would probably bite. Fine. Would Nikon owners bite? Unfortunately not, as buying a Pentax that looks like a Nikon, even if it is smaller, makes no sense. Likewise for Canon users. How about Minolta owners? Why would they buy a Nikon lookalike when they can get the real thing or even a Canon with the associated boosted image, IS lenses, USM and huge lenses line-up, not to mention upgrade paths and huge used market? Don't think so. Of course the same goes for every other brand of cameras. Nikon and Canon are better proposition because what they offer is more complete and what Pentax offers aren't distinguished enough to alter this fact. How about thgose who want a camera as jewellery? Sorry but the *ist D looks like an entry level Nikon so its status and show off effect is zero. The Optio S is much more of a conversation stopper. The fact that you may want dedicated lenses undermines the *ist D as viable alternative also for Pentax users. P�l
