Yes, thanks, THANKS Bruce for helping make used SMC lenses so much more expensive for the rest of us.
:-) No really, that's cool. I converted one or two to Pentax myself... j On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:56:57 +0000, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bruce Dayton wrote: > > > A friend of mine asked for help in picking a DSLR. She has been using > > a Nikon N75 with 28-80 zoom to date. Prior to that she was using an > > old Canon FD mount body. > > > > When she talked to me, she was just about ready to buy the D70 based > > on internet hype and the local store being a strong Nikon seller. > > > > We discussed what she wanted to do with the camera now and in the not > > too distant future. Her indication was that, besides family/kid > > memories, she had started into portraiture and wanted to continue that > > direction. > > > > So with that in mind, I discussed and worked with her on the angle of > > manually focusing and composing. She is a convert away from AF for > > this type of work now. So suddenly the quality of the viewfinder > > became very important. The ability to clearly compose and focus on > > the matte screen became among her most important features of the > > camera. > > > > I sent her around to look at the D70, RebelXT, Evolt and DS bodies > > with this in mind. She came back and reported the order of usability > > of the viewfinder for the stated purpose as > > Pentax *istDS > > Canon RebelXT > > Olympus Evolt > > Nikon D70 > > > > Yesterday I stopped at the local store and tried the D70 and *istDS > > side by side with 50mm lenses on each. The D70 was barely usable (I > > would hate it) and the *istDS was clearly better for this. > > > > So today she picked up her brand new *istDS. I was very pleased that > > someone would get past the hype and really pick something that would > > work best for what they wanted to do. > > > That's a heartening story, Bruce. It's often impossible [for me, at > least 8-)] to get through people's preconceptions about products. Many > really do believe all the guff that advertising agencies throw out. > Others simply can't be bothered to sort through it. > > mike > > -- Juan Buhler - SIGGRAPH 2005 Sketches and Posters Chair http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog at http://photoblog.jbuhler.com
