The show was about the same size as last year. Another company MIA was Sigma. The Pentax booth was in a much more prominent location than last year. With the pro orientation of the show, the Pentax booth doesn't get a lot of attention. One of the reps was carrying on about how every lens, for every format, could be used on the camera, but didn't mention the metering issues. I did try the *D, and though it was very nicely done. The controls are useable and intelligible, with out the manual, for what every I tried to do with it. The AF is even finally competent. No, I'm not interested in buying one.
BR From: "Butch Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I went to the Photo Plus show in NYC yesterday. The show seemed small to me, but it seems to be shrinking every year. A lot of digital, little cutting edge new. The Pentax booth was modest compared to N***N and C***n. I did get to play with the *ist-D. It feels nice, and solid. I photographer friend who was with me also commented on how nice it felt and how much better it felt to the Digital Rebel. Now the bad news. Pentax seems to be getting "dissed" (is *ist D pig latin for dissed?) by some of the accessory manufacturers. I went to capture 1 to ask if they were going to make their RAW converter for the ist D. The person I spoke to listed a half dozen other cameras that would get it first, and doubted that Pentax would have enough market share to make it worthwhile for them. I went to Adobe and asked if their RAW converter in the new Photoshop CS would handle Pentax's raw, nobody knew, though they were kind and polite about it, and told me I might find the answer on their site on-line. Even the Pentax rep sort of side stepped my comment of metering incompatibilities with the ist D and older lenses. Butch
