John, I've found that the soft releases can provide a greater amount of control. I use 'em on just about all my camera bodies. The best ones seem to be those made by Tom Abrahamsson for the Leicas, which fit a number of Pentax and other camera bodies as well.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: John Francis > The most important thing, for me, is a camera with a very > positive shutter release. Unfortunately this is one area > where I feel Pentax lag behind others; both the Nikon D100 > and the Canon 20D have a far crisper release than the *ist-D.

