That's interesting to me. However, apart from more or less sexy body, more or less complete line of lenses, more or less Pentax feeling camera (all of them being important), the most important question among Pentax film camera users (all of us) is: Will the *ist D line capable to give pictures with a quality comparable to Canon and Fuji? Among film SLRs, the answer was undoubtably a big YES! Many of us choose Pentax for their lenses, giving excellent results with an excellent film (and a decent photographer behind them).
With digital cameras, the technical quality is all inside the camera: lens, sensor, software... (and meter, shutter, AF, of course). I believe the lens+sensor+software mix to be very critical, doing the big difference in overall picture quality. I'm very anxious for seeing actual pictures taken with the *ist, like everybody can see actual pictures taken with the Canon 10D. If I had to buy a DSLR today, I'll probably buy Canon. Since I can wait, I still wait for Pentax, then decide before this year's end. Will I have to buy Canon next autumn? Dario Bonazza ----- Original Message ----- From: "KT Takeshita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 12:49 AM Subject: Dedicated lenses for DSLR > Hi, > > Pentax Japan's web site does say that "further, the planning and the > development of high performance and compact lenses dedicated to DSLR have > been proceeding, with the expected sales commencement in this fall". > > So they are now explicit in saying this. I am sure the new series will > include fast lenses. And.... maybe.... :-). > > If the new lens lines are attractive, the competitiveness of the *ist D has > to be measured as a "package" rather than the body alone. > > And, as Pentax say, *ist is a brand name for Pentax's SLRs, digital or film. > *ist film and *ist D are just the first two of the series. They said > earlier that there are at least 3 chassis or something to that effect. So, > relax folks, there must be a lot to come and expect. > > Cheers, > > Ken >
