> I wrote a really long rant about this, but my @#$#$^ email program froze, > and I don't feel like retyping it. The gist of it was that the *istD is > the smallest and least expensive of the three big 6MP DSLR's (10D, D100, > *istD).
Things change with the arrival of the D70 > In any case, the *istD won't appeal to people wanting USM/AF-S, IS/VR and > the ultimate in AF performance. But for the 99% of photographers who > don't need those features on a regular basis, it will do just fine, and > will even save them some space and money at the same time. > The big question is : why pay somethimes a price quite same to other brand without these features ? Here in France the 80-200mm f/:2.8 is very very expensive, same price than the Canon/Nikon which have the Stab and the USM AFS. Things change : Konica Minolta switch to SSM also... but still expensive
