Hi again ... I think Boris is mistaken about the pentamirror/pentaprism thing.
The little pictograms wouldn't bother me a bit, as long as, as you say, one needn't have to use them. They're on the little Sony, and y'know what, every now and then I want to shoot in one of those picture modes. Even with the little Sony one needn't use them, though, for the camera has aperture priority, shutter priority, automatic, and manual modes, as well as manual focusing. It's hard to imagine that the istDS would not allow such options. Of course, with an SLR, there may be less need to use such modes, but it's somehow kinda nice to flip the camera into "flower" mode for closeups and macro work. As for the need to use a grip, while the need for you may not be eliminated, the crop factor of the sensor means that you can use lenses of a shorter focal length to get the effect you want, thereby, perhaps, reducing the need for a grip. Shel (feeling more insightful) > [Original Message] > From: Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 1. On DS the viewfinder most likely will be penta-mirror. For me > > the D's viewfinder was like a blessing compared to penta-mirror of > > my MZ-6. > > A penta-mirror might not be my ideal (unless it would indeed be as > good as a pentaprism), since manual focus ability is important to me > (who has a lot of manual focus K-mount lenses). > > 3. DS has all those scene based modes - portrait, landscape, etc. > I guess as long as I could do what I want (and could change my mind > from what the camera "thinks" I want), I'd be OK. I could probably > even live with some silly pictograms, too - <g>. > Ooh - the ability to put a grip on the camera body would likely be > very important to me - that'd be a definite consideration. (I use a > lot of bulky telephotos, and I think I'd like to use AA's for > power.) Hmmm...
