>> >> I don't want to wait that long for a better DSLR than the *ist-D. >>
>Ditto. I want a ten megapixel camera very soon. Without it, Pentax is a >non-player. Perhaps they're listening. >Paul And Nikon, KonicaMinolta, Leica, Contax, and Sigma. Canon, Kodak, and Fuji are the only companies with a 10+ megapixel camera and each of those makers has ONE such model at $5000-8000. None of these companies are "non-players" yet, although many of them appear to be becoming marginal. I still say that most DSLRs are used by pros in certain fields, and for them 4-6MP seems to be fine. Getting the price down seems to be more important in most market niches than getting the resolution up. I don't offhand know what I or most other people would DO with a 10MP camera given that I can get 8x10 prints that rival those I got from film from my 2.77MP camera and presumably can get much better from my 6MP one. If you NEED more resolution, you could always shoot film... Critically, Canon, Kodak, and Fuji appear to have sources for unique chips. Nikon apparently does now, but haven't impressed many with it. Pentax and others are dependant on somebody else to create the new chips. I'm surprised that we haven't seen an 8-9MP cheap sensor to replace the 6MP cheap sensors that are currently in use, but perhaps most of the market does not need more resolution, or perhaps all the manufacturing effort is going into pounding out sensors for the current 6MP models. DJE
