Re: Quandry!

[Joseph Tainter]

Welcome back, Shaun. I have an *ist D and am also keeping all my film 
gear and my Nikon LS 2000 scanner. Film cameras will be used for 
extended travel, and for when I need slides. Other then that, I 
particularly love two things about the *ist D:

1. At ISO 200, blue New Mexico skies are rendered with no discernable 
noise/grain. I've never seen that on even the finest-grained film.

2. The immediacy and flexibility are wonderful. If I want to shoot 
something on the spur of the moment, there is no more worrying about: Do 
I have the right film on hand or in the camera? Or is the film in the 
refrigerator or freezer? Am I in the middle of a roll of the wrong film? 
I can take a few shots and not have to wait for processing. The cf card 
goes directly to the computer, and I can have a print in minutes.

The new DA 16-45 f4 looks like it will be a fine lens, and goes a long 
way to reducing the problem of getting wide angle shots. Other WA lenses 
look likely to appear.

Get an *ist D but keep your film gear as well.

Joe