But they are still picking up user comments aggressively now.
Really? They should first improve their QC then. I have had really bad luck on buying new lenses since last last year. Just when buying new lenses aren't no safer than buying used lenses... Sigh...
This was apparently not their initial plan as it cannibalised the 10D market. I would expect that the 10D would be upgraded soon (or next spring as originally scheduled :-).
When D60 was upgraded to 10D, many have experienced AF or even viewfinder problem (focus shift). I wonder if the same would happen to the Rebel D. 10D & D100 shooters seem to be happen with substandard AF even though there are expensive cameras. Perhaps the *ist D is a lot better (but who cares, it is still a Pentax to most)?
Only other expected entry into DSLR market is Minolta but everybody knows
that they have been ready and waiting for the best timing. They are scary.
They recently came up with DiMage A1 with what they term is the "anti-shake"
technology, which is apparently working extremely well according to the
reports by pro photographers who tested it.
From what I have read from another site, the rumour said there will be aDSLR model early next year with anti-shake technology which will turn EVERY lenses into IS/VR lenses. Now this is scary. Pentax, are you sleeping?
As a side note, DSLR market is becoming so competitive (and lucrative),
makers are hyper aggressive. For example, Olympus has been distributing 600
units of their new E-1 to major retailers across Japan so that it is now
displayed (and can be handled, I think) everywhere, even though they have
not formally announced the release date (expected to be sometime in October
but the rumour says it is being delayed), i.e., no one can buy this thing
yet. Obviously, Olympus do not want to be forgotten and are trying to show
their presence "in advance". I wish Pentax had that mentality :-).
So, it is no surprise that Canon target any new entry in DSLR market and at
least try to undermine them, if not crush them. It was just so unusual that
canon made such a big deal out of this rebel D campaign, coinciding with
every milestone date for *istD.
I think Olympus is heading the wrong direction. I could be wrong of course.
Re Minolta's "AS" (Canon's IS equivalent), it is a clever idea as it could only be done with digital (film cannot be shifted but CCD can :-). The report says that it is a couple of notches better than Canon's IS and works even for macro for which IS is usually very ineffective due to the close distance to the object.
This is exactly what Pentax need right now.
regards, Alan Chan
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