"Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I think many of us plan to "sit out" the first round of DLSR, either to >>buy it used, or buy its better+cheaper successor, in 2004. I mean, people >>who bought Olympus's excellent but underpixel'd E-10 Camedia felt like >>chumps when the E-20 replaced it within a year. > >Not true. The school photographer has an E-20, and the 4.2 vs. 5 MP is >hardly noticieable. It downloads a little faster, but I would still buy >the E-10 at the reduced price than pay the higher price for the E-20. >This comparison was best shown when the E-20 broke and the E-10 was used >as a replacement. > >My ruffled E-10 feathers aside, I do agree that waiting has advantages.
Waiting for the more affordable second generation of new products/technology is a commonplace practice, especially when the word "digital" is involved in any way. Despite constant criticism of Pentax's marketing department, I expect they've taken this into account to some extent. With the Pentax emphasis on image quality, as evidenced by the Limited lenses, they're probably well aware that some people are going hold out for a full-frame digital. But they also know from the Canon D60 and Nikon D100 that APS-sized 6MP works damn well for a lot of people. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
