Thank you, John. I needed the chuckle that produced. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Mustarde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 4:12 PM Subject: Now We'll See > The ist-D will soon be on the store shelves. Hordes of PDML'ers are > counting their pennies and watching their credit card limits in > anticipation. When the wave of ist-D purchases hits PDML, we will > see: > > 1. Trash cans will overflow with keyboards sporting worn out Delete > keys. Film posters deleting digital posts; digital posters deleting > film posts. Everyone deleting BR's posts, but only after reading them > on the sly. > > 2. Sales of printers will go down. P-digi folks will realize they > can't afford the ink to print all those fine pics they get without > having to slave over a hot scanner. > > 2.5 So they will be satisfied just looking at them on their monitor. > The wife, digging around on hubby's computer looking for Junior's > birthday photos, will discover most of Daddy's last hard drive upgrade > has been filled up with girlie mpgs. Uh oh, daddy's in the doghouse. > > 3. The favorite PDML debate will no longer be Fuji vs. Kodak or MF vs > 35mm. It will be Maha vs Sanyo batteries, or which CF card and what > size, vs. MicroDrive. > > 4. The world will wonder how P-dists can extol the virtues of their > small DSLR, whilst adding a large grip/battery pack to it. > > 5. Those in the know will realize the ist-D is purely a Nikon D-100 > with a K-mount, but without ultrasonic motor lenses or vibration > reduction technology. Hopefully, the ist-D autofocus speed will blow > away the D100, thus leveling the playing field until USM/IS lenses > show up. > > 6. The number of PDMLers counting pixels in the film vs digital > resolution debate will slowly be reduced to one. > > 7. Over time, we will see subjects like "I saw this cute little > camera called an MX - I didn't know Pentax made manual focus cameras.. > Does anyone know about it" and the sad reply will be "The last guy who > had one of those left the list last year," > > -- > John Mustarde > www.photolin.com > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.507 / Virus Database: 304 - Release Date: 8/4/03
