It works better than XP, just try it...............
And XP is very stable. Ziggy -----Original Message----- From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 September 2003 00:20 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: My own little *ist D review (fwd) Gee, I sure hope the istD works better than WinME. Lon Williamson wrote: > Mark, I think this is crap. > Pentax has been screwing with DLSRs for 4 years. > That's enough time to hatch, say, WindowsME. > And cameras ain't as hard as operating sytems. > Pentax may need to hire some more SW engineers. > Mebbe they can find some in Pakinstan. > > > > Mark Roberts wrote: > >> "whickersworld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> Chris Brogden wrote: >>> >>>> So if the Nikon D100 will stop down an MF lens in manual mode (no >>>> meter), then it's actually a step ahead of the *istD, which won't >>>> even stop down an MF Pentax K-mount lens. That's sad. >>> >>> >>> Yes, it is sad. In each case, the necessary engineering would have >>> cost only a nominal amount of money. >> >> >> >> In the case of stop-down metering in the *ist-D I suspect that money >> wasn't as much of a factor as time. Even with the lack of the >> aperture simulator, stop-down metering certainly could have been >> implemented in software (using the DOF preview) but would have >> required more software coding, and the attendant debugging and >> hardware testing. Given the lateness of the DSLR project as a whole >> (just look at how much complaining there still is about having to >> wait) it was a predictable corner to cut simply to get the camera to >> market quicker. >> > > > -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com
