Mark wrote: Not surprising at all, really. A very large percentage of people buying DSLRs are actually buying their first SLR of any kind (Michael Reichmann says an amazing number of people attending his photography workshops have never owned a film camera at all).
REPLY: Exactly. This is what Pentax sources tells me too. The *istD, like entry level film slr's, will mostly be bought by people who start at scratch. For the majority of buyers backwards compatibility is a non-issue. Foreward compatibility is an issue. Regrettable as this may be, it is the realities of the marketplace. P�l
