William wrote: > That it's not using cutting edge technology is consistent with Pentax, but > they do have problems staying less than 4 steps behind what is current > camera technology, hence they were still flogging the LX as the flagship > when the Nikon F5 was getting old.
I think the *ist D is cutting edge both in packaging and in technology. The AF is basically batter than the competition. The feature level is very high for its segment and there no reason to assume that image quality won't be up to the standards of other 6mp camera. It just look too much "me too" to get any attention. Nobody visiting a camera shop will notice the *ist D, unless the salesman push it, as it drowns among the cheap lookalikes. What will happen based on Pentax history is that the *ist D will flop at the same time as the Optio range are huge sucesses. This makes Pentax stop investing much in the slr line and spend the resources elsewhere. If the *ist is sucessful, Pentax will keep it running forever, like the K1000 and the LX, until the interest dwindle to nothing. Hopefully, they will be moderate sucesses so that Pentax sees it worth improving. :o) P�l
