Thanks for your comments, Luigi ... I just don't understand why so many digi users love to mention how many hundreds or thousands of exposures they've made. Most are probably worthless pap made just to "see what happens" Reminds me of when I got my little Sony - I took snaps of everything - the heater vent, my foot, fifty snaps of the tree out front - all of which were worthless other than to quell the excitement of having a new camera that could take lots of pics without film.
More important after the excitement of the new camera wears off is the picture quality, which you've not mentioned at all. Do you like the results you're getting compared to the other cameras you tried? Have you shot high quality JPEG and did you like the results? Your comment about one-handed use of controls is interesting. I use the MX and other small cameras, and simple, easy access to controls is important to me. But I seem to recall the istD was OK in that regard as well. What's a Drebel? Shel > [Original Message] > From: Luigi de Guzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 12/28/2004 8:20:07 AM > Subject: Re: Who has an istDS? > > On Monday 27 December 2004 22:24, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > Some questions for those who've got the istDS: �How do you like it thus > > far? > > 4 weeks and 1,200-plus exposures later, I love it. > > I don't understand all this "big hands uncomfortable with small equipment" > ballyhoo. The DS is about perfect for my hands, and my hands span a third > over an octave (er, an 11th) on the piano. My film body is an MX, which is > small, and I have never been uncomfortable with either. > > Both cameras, MX and DS, have one particularly satisfying handling > characteristic: most of the relevant controls are set so the camera can be > easily operated one-handed. In practice, there are relatively few times > you'd want to do this, but in terms of ergonomics, i's remarkably intuitive. > Far more so than the Canon Drebel or the Minolta M7D. > > It mounts K mount lenses with minimal fuss. So I lose AF, AE, spot- and > matrix-metering. Big effin' deal. I've been using centerweighted metering > and manual focus up to now. > > > > Was your choice between the D and the DS, or between a higher end > > "prosumer" model and the DS? � > > The DS is smaller. Also, the DS is cheaper, and I don't need most of what the > D has for the extra dollars I'd have to shell out. The real competition in > my mind was between my friend's lightly-used 10D, a D70 (which we use at > work), and the DS. The DS won. > > > > What factors influenced your choice and > > decision to go with the DS? > > Price. Handling. Lens compatibility. Viewfinder quality. Build quality, > generally (over the Drebel). > > -Luigi
