Popped up some random thoughts about my first weekend with the *istDS.
http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~derbyc/1st_DS/first_shots.htm
On your website you bemoan the lack of a gripstrap available for the DS like the one for the PZ-1. You're half right.
Pentax doesn't have a comparable Hand Grip FDP for the DS and it doesn't have a Battery Grip like the D-BG1 for the istD (and no port for the power). Still, all is not lost. After adding the Hand Grip FDP to my Z-1, I became quite used to using it as it made the camera more comfortable and the strap provided "insurance." When I got my istD, I added the D-BG1. This made the D more like what I was used to, but gave me no "insurance."
Someone posted that he added an Op-Tech hand grip to his D, and that this compounded the difficulty in accessing the CF card. I liked the idea, and went looking. I wound up with a Hakuba Grip-PH which I screwed into the tripod mount of the D-BG-1 and attached to the D strap lug (attaching the strap to the Grip-PH). The Grip-PH is made of material similar to the FDP's material and has the added advantage of wrapping around my wrist. (Note: If I remember to position the strap correctly, it doesn't provide any additional interference with CF access.) Hakuba also makes one that doesn't include a wrist strap.
So, while I can't recommend anything to replace the hand grip aspect of the FDP on your PZ-1 for your DS, I can recommend the Hakuba to replace the strap aspect.
Larry in Dallas
