Hi Alex.
Substitute the D30 with the 1D or 1Ds or MkII and the Pentax will look like a
marble.LOL
One of the Dad's i know at another horse farm let me try his 1D(the 4mp one)last
Saturday
for a few
minutes.I know 30-40 pictures is not a lot to base something on,but i found it a bit
ocward and heavier
than my D2h with equivilant lens(mind you his was the Canon with the anti vib on it.)
Screen smaller,vertical shooting a pain as the shutter releasa is hair trigger and the
interface a bit
ocward than i find the Nikon.
Having said that,i find both my D1 and D2h heavy for anything other than horse
work,were
i'm standing
still and using a monopod.I therefore am "this close" to getting the *istD as a
"walking
around digital
camera".Its about the same size as the PZ-1 i have and if it shoots like it,i will be
happy.
Hope fully by months end or late August depending on sales. I have the 28-105,the Sigma
100-300 dl
and the 35-70 macro for AF and several A and M lenses plus prime M42's that work
better on
it as is my
understanding.
Throw in a Sigma 70-200 F2.8 and i'll be all set.
Dave
>
http://phred.org/~alex/pictures/pentax/reduced/d30-vs-
istd.jpg
>
> On the left is a Canon EOS-D30 (with grip) and the 28-135IS lens (not
> sure on max apertures). On the right is the *ist D with the 16-45/4
> lens (the largest one that I own).
>
> The Canon stuff is probably great, and there is no doubt that the
> selection of lenses is wider, but that is just too big.
>
> I don't know who is going to keep the small SLRs alive though if
> Pentax doesn't do it. The Olympus E-1 is also quite large and Minolta
> seems to be releasing D-SLRs even more slowly than Pentax.
>
> alex
>
