On 4/3/05, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed: >A short but nevertheless interesting tale about a friends who are looking >for a DSLR.
Update below.... > >They are taking a four week break in Australia soon (she's from Sydney) >and he is keen to pick up a digital camera. He has an ME-Super and a >clutch of manual lenses. She has a Nikon manual focus camera (forget >which) and a couple of lenses. He's cruised the internet and was hyped up >about the 300D, but the thing that freaks him most of all was the small >viewfinder image in these cameras. > >In discussing it, I pointed out that the Pentax offerings (D, Ds) would >be ideal for him, as they would be compatible with his old lenses, which >he liked. She was keen for Nikon, a D70 maybe. I suggested a local camera >shop (small chain of half a dozen regional stores) called T4 Cameras in >Witney, near Oxford. He went. > >He told me that he saw a D70 and an *ist Ds (no 300D there although they >do carry Canon). He loved the Ds, admiring its size and relatively large >viewfinder image compared to the D70 and the 300D (which he has >previously handled). The sales dude told him that sensor-wise, there was >virtually no difference between the D70 and the *ist Ds, and that while >he would be able to use his old Pentax glass on the Ds, his wife would >not be able to use her old Nikon glass on the D70. This had a large sway. > >My friend has retired to listen to his wife ;-) and consider his verdict. >He wants the Ds. T4 Cameras sells it for 799 GBP but he can get it mail >order for a hundred less if they decide to go that route. I suspect his >wife (who works for a large picture agency) will balk at the Pentax, rant >at the incompatibility of he Nikon glass, and order him to buy a Canon. >She is Australian, don't forget. > >My friend drinks a lot. > >I hope he holds out for the Pentax. He did. He just told me that he has a brand new *ist Ds ! I get to play with it Thursday. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
