Well certainly, an *istD has less bagage to it's name than KISS. http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=KISS&String=exact
This camera can't be meant to be anything more than a p&s with a bayonet lens mount. Otoh, I'm sure it'll drag a lot of users into the DSLR market. Jostein ----------------------------- Pictures at: http://oksne.net ----------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heiko Hamann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 9:34 PM Subject: Re: More serious competition for *ist-D - Kiss Digital/300D > Hi John, > > on 24 Aug 03 you wrote in pentax.list: > > > >That's great news for digital SLR buyers ... and another > >blow for Pentax. :-( > > I'm not sure. The 300D is really a poor rebel. You can't choose the > metering modes as you want, you can't stay on a focus point frame after > frame without (cumbersomely) rechoosing the point etc. See this > discussion for more examples: > http://camerasystems.info/showmsg.jsp?id=10345891034594A&forum=72 > > Cheers, Heiko > >
