Paul, When it arrives, make sure it has the firmware upgrade. Since the upgrade has only been available for a week or so, it's probably going to have Version 1.0 installed.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:56 PM Subject: Re: I did it. > Thanks Bill. I'm looking forward to getting out to Kensington with my > 400/5.6, which will now have the field of view of a 600. Should be fun. > Paul > On Jan 22, 2004, at 9:47 PM, Bill Sawyer wrote: > > > It's a brave new world, Paul......... > > > > Congratulations. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: January 22, 2004 9:38 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: I did it. > > > > Well, I sold about $1200 worth of screwmount lenses in the last few > > days along with my Spotmatic Motor Drive, so I ordered an *ist D. My > > local camera store, which I truly appreciate, wanted $1599. B&H wanted > > $1345. It was a no brainer. I also ordered the Lexar 1 gig CF card and > > a card reader for my computer. I figure I'll need more cards at some > > point, but at least I can get started. A couple of months ago I was > > sure that I would wait for a 10 megapixel digital before buying, but I > > eventually came to realize I had a lot of equipment that I not only > > didn't use -- I didn't even look at it very often. Now I figure my > > second digital body will be that 10 megapixel camera. The *ist D will > > do nicely for now. Yeah, I'm going to miss some of my beautiful screw > > mount lenses. To my mind there is nothing in the photographic universe > > that is anywhere near as nice as those fluted metal barrels. But they > > were probably not happy being stored in air tight bags in the back of a > > dark closet. (Cesar got the best piece of screw mount glass I owned, -- > > the SMC 85/1.8 . List member Bernd Scheffler got another of the great > > ones -- the 120/2.8. So some of my good screw mount glass is still in > > the PDML family. ) I have saved a half dozen very nice M42 lenses, and > > I can still fondle now and then, so the separation isn't total. But > > it's time to move on. I'm looking forward to exploring the world of > > digital with my very modern manual focus K lenses <vbg>. > > Paul Stenquist > > (No longer a fondler) > > > > > > > >
