The entirely editorial is about shooting with the *ist D, and overall it is positive and good publicity. He is, however, still not very knowledgeable about digital and unwilling to learn much. He dismisses both the advanced things that one can do with the *ist D, and the parts of the manual that describe these. He dismisses RAW because he is apparently unwilling to buy anything more than 1 512 mb card. Surely he can afford to. (For that matter, the manufacturers would surely give him several in exchange for a mention.) His lens kit is still amateurish, as are his snapshots (including the standard restaurant shot).
Keppler assumes that all of his readers are as baffled by digital as he is, so he takes it upon himself to explain basic things like file size, compression, and ultimate image size. Perhaps he is right and many users are baffled by these things. I think it was W. C. Fields who said something like "No one every went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people."
The most puzzling part of the article is when he wallows in praise of the wonders of shooting at ISO 1200. ISO 1200? Does anyone have an *ist D that shoots at ISO 1200? The number is repeated several times, so it is not just a typo. (For those of us who notice such things, Pop Photo long ago rid themselves of the nuisance and cost of copy editing.)
OTOH, the man can hand-hold at 1/15 second. That's admirable.
Joe
