----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff"
Subject: Re: *ist DS versus *ist D for the "Digital Newbie"
You will probably find that a DSLR pretty much replaces the use of 35mm colour print film.
Was thinking about that while out walking this morning. Since color neg
has greater latitude than a digi, it would seem that color film might be a
better choice in contrasty situations. Am I off base here?
The jury is kind of out on that one. I don't think there is all that much difference in latitude between the two.
The istDS has a larger buffer, and might even write to the card faster. The istDS supports USB 2.0, and should tranfer data faster during downloads.
Nice to know, although using the card readers built in to my computer, that
may be an irrelevant concern. The buffer thing sounds cool, though.
Same here, I use a card reader, so the camera download speed isn't an issue. Think of the larger buffer as enabling a motor drive. If you tend to shoot several pictures in fairly rapid succession, the larger buffer will help.
The istDS has a wider image parameter control (saturation, sharpness,
contrast) from the look of the spece.
Don't know enuf about that to comment.
If you shoot JPEGs, you'll appreciate the extra control. If you shoot RAW, it doesn't matter where the camera is set.
That might bother me a bit only because I'm not used to RAW and because the
Sony makes TIFF files.
Once you start using RAW, you won't care. The degree of control over the RAW file during decoding is pretty impressive.
One of the things that struck me just now is that I'd be making the jump
from older cameras, without the buffer of all the newewr features like
autofocus, modes, viewfinder information, flashing lights, grips, battery
operation, and so on. My expectations may be different than one who's used
all these other cameras made between todays digital marvels.
Until I bought the istD, the most modern camera I had used was a Super Program, other than the few occassions when I picked up my wife's MZ-5.
I made the change fairly easily, and am quite enjoying the newer camera.
One thing to remember about the digital SLRs that we are talking about is that all the lenses you have come to love won't work the same as they used to.
This came to me as quite a shock, as I found lenes that I didn't like much were suddenly being used a lot, and lenses that I loved were no longer suited to my photography.
Thanks for that synopsis, Bill.
Yer welcome.
