On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 11:02:36 -0400, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am by no means a pro photographer, just an amateur who tries to > support his hobby with an occasional job. But even if you do just a > dozen shoots a year or so, you can't really afford to mess them up. I > feel that if I tell someone I can do the job for the, I should make > sure I have adequate equipment. >
Well, Paul, I've teased you a couple of times on this thread about you being a "pro", and I accept your position that you feel you're not one. It seems silly to get into yet another "what's a pro" thread, but you will have to admit that you, from time to time, get paid to take photos. You seem to have an intimate knowledge of the industry, and you certainly produce images that are "professional quality" (whatever that means). So, when you go out on a paid shoot, you have the same requirements of your equipment as a pro does, no matter what you are. BTW, another reason to get that *istD (which I know you've already said you ordered) is that when shooting for money, if one is using two bodies, it's best to have two ~identical~ bodies. Even if the new Pentax will be similar to the *istD it won't be identical. And when you're switching from one body to the other, it can sometimes be critically important that it be done seemlessly and without taking the second or so to figure out which body you just grabbed. So if the new Pentax body will indeed be a replacement for the *ist D, better you should get the body now, before it's not available anymore. cheers, frank -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
