On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:34:25 -0600, Larry Levy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess the ist DS is selling well enough to be included in today's > (2/17/05) Personal Journal section of the World Street Journal. In an > article (I don't have a link), by Pui-WingTam, about price wars escalating > in DSLRs. Pentax is the second manufacturer mentioned (of course, after > Canon and followed by Olympus & Nikon). There is not much mention of Pentax > in the story Canon is mainly featured,with Nikon second), but the *ist DS is > pictured and depicted in the side-bar as $999.95 with lens and "weighs in as > one of the lighter SLRs, at less than 18 ounces." It's not the most > technically accurate article, but it's there. > > Note: the new Canon Digital Rebel XT, with an 8 megapixel CMOS and weighing > in at 17 ounces (does this have implications on feel and build quality?) > will be in stores next month. >
Sad to say, but I think it's good that we were just ~mentioned~ in the same breath as the big boys. Gives us some credibility... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
