Thanks Bruce, I trust your opinion. I handled a *ist DS the other day and wondered. The price was good, very enabling. If an 8 megapixel version of the *ist D was next, I'd probably be a buyer. The shutter lag on the Sony is killing me... Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 18:45:32 -0800, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have had ZX-10's - it is more capable than those. Almost like a > film *ist, except that the film *ist has most of the dedicated > switches. Probably a ZX-7. Electronically it can do most things > (metering modes, continuous AF, wireless flash, etc), but must use > menus to select all those things rather than having the switches > readily available. > > The *istD is much like the PZ-1p. So, I'll say it again, those who > want to control the settings on the camera on a regular basis, will > like the D, those who want mostly the automation to handle things will > be ok with the DS. If you are happy using a ZX-7, then the DS will > make you happy. If you get frustrated using the ZX-7, you will get > frustrated using the DS and should get the D. > > When Canon came out with the Rebel D, they stripped quite a bit to > leave an obvious difference between it and the 10D. When Nikon came > out with the D70, it was in many ways a better camera than the D100. > So much so, that nobody would buy a D100 over the D70. In Pentax's > case, the didn't strip as much as the RebelD, but didn't make it so > close to the *istD, that one cannot tell them apart and more advanced > users will still prefer the *istD. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > Thursday, December 2, 2004, 5:49:08 PM, you wrote: > > etn> Quoting Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> My feeling all along and after handling a DS in the store yesterday is > >> that those who are happy with something less than the MZ-5n, will be > >> happy with the DS. Basically people who are going to leave it on one > >> of the program modes and not change much of anything very often. > >> Those who like the handling of the MZ-5n and up (PZ-1p, MZ-S, etc) > >> will be much happier with the *istD as it has the settings that would > >> be changed most often on dedicated switches and buttons. > > etn> So is it more of a "digital ZX-10" then, with the *istD being more of > etn> a "digital PZ-1"? > > etn> (in a general sense of course) > > etn> ERNR > >
