Hello Shel, I have two *istD bodies with about 15000-20000 frames shot. I have not had any problems of concern with them. Every camera is going to have standard quirks, especially electronic ones. So for me, the big quirk (and I have tamed it in one or two sessions) is the flash TTL thing. Beyond that, I have been more than happy. I also get the feeling (especially reading the dpreview forum) that many people expect an electronic camera to think for them. So the camera gets blamed for not handling a situation that would require the person to think and take control of the picture. Simple example: when there is a lot of sky in the picture, the foreground is underexposed - well, duh! Along the same lines, some people are heavily relying on AF for some/all situations. Being a mostly manual focus guy, I don't encounter AF issues as much as many.
So, in a nutshell, I have not encountered any significant differences between my old PZ-1p's, MZ-S's or the *istD's. HTH, Bruce Thursday, November 11, 2004, 8:12:49 AM, you wrote: SB> I have some concerns about moving to digital, not as a replacement for film SB> but as a supplemental system. Having been reading many digi-threads here, SB> one thing keeps popping up: the various problems people have been having SB> with the istD. The idea of buying a camera and then working through SB> software and quality control issues, problems of all sorts, downloading SB> glitches, memory cards that fail, just seems to defeat the purpose of a SB> camera and lessen the experience of photography for me. I'm not SB> particularly interested in solving "computer" problems when out making SB> photographs, and have never really had many problems in all the years I've SB> been shooting film: One battery problem with an ME Super, a sticky shutter SB> release on an MX (solved by whapping the camera against the palm of my SB> hand), and an LX with sticky mirror. Apart from a friend dropping one of SB> my Leicas and needing to replace the rangefinder unit, those are the only SB> problems I've encountered since 1968 .... oh, my original Spotmatic had to SB> have the meter calibrated. SB> Are these problems typical of the Pentax dslr, or are there just a few SB> people here with such problems who post a lot looking for help in resolving SB> these issues. From what I gather most of the regulars here are using an SB> istD. How many have had NO problems with their cameras, software, memory SB> cards, or what have you? Who has had serious problems, where the cameras SB> has had to go in for repair, or be replaced, within a year or less after SB> purchase? Who has had a problem, regardless of what it was, that caused a SB> loss of images, or prevented a shooting session from being completed? SB> I've had my little Sony for 18 months or so, maybe more, and have not had a SB> single glitch with it. I just put in a card, make sure the battery has SB> juice, and point and shoot merrily all day long. Can that be expected from SB> the Pentax istD? SB> Shel
