On 17 Aug 2004 at 8:26, Armand D'Elfant wrote: > Hi all, > > My name is Armand and I am new to this list.
Welcome. > After having owned a Canon 10D (and having sold my Contax TVS-D) I am > currently looking at the Pentax *ist D. > I have never had any Pentax equiment but I am sure most of you can be > of help making the right decision :-) Some of us :-) > The main reason why I sold the Canon is that I found it way to bulky. > Even with the grip it felt uncomfortable in my hands. > The Pentax looks much more sophisticated in this respect. That it is, even the 300D is significantly larger than the *ist D > Actually I do not want to use a zoom lens but I prefer a good prime of > around 24-28-35 mm. > What is a good choice in terms of optical quality ? Maximum I want to > spend is around 400 Euros / Dollars Maybe the FA35/2AL or FA28/2.8AL would suffice, the FA24/2 AL is a little lack- lustre on the *ist D, the FA31/1.8AL LTD is great but outside your budget. > I have seen you talking about a baby *ist D. Are there also any rumours > of a new *ist D (not baby) to be released soon ? We actually have absolutely no idea when it will come (if at all) or at what price-point or what its feature set will be, why not join in and add to the speculation soup :-) > Not that I want to wait but if I can save some few hundred $$$$ > because the prices of the *old* one will go down.... it might be worth > to wait just a little while. You could get old waiting for new Pentax releases :-( > Lat question: I have read that there is NO histogram available when > reviewing the last shot (in record mode). > Has there been a firmware upgrade for this ? Histogram is available post shot but only with interaction, it can't be programmed to activate automatically with the post shot image display at this stage. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
