I though as much. I must admit I don't us allot of the features of the D that are missing on the Ds.
If/when you enable yourself, your going to wish you got that nice 77 Ltd to go with it. <g> Dave On 7/12/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi David ... > > I'd been thinking about a used Canon as well, but that was just a passing > thought - too big and heavy for my taste and it would need more of an > investment in lenses than I'm willing or able to make at this point. > > Considering the current price on the Ds, and that, while many of the > features on the D are desirable, I'm leaning strongly towards the Ds at > this point. My reasoning is that the digi won't be replacing film, nor > will it even be my main camera - just one of several different bodies to > use as the need or mood arises. The camera would essentially be an upgrade > replacement for the Sony that I've been using, so it would provide a big > step up at a reasonable cost. The bigger faster buffer is of interest, and > Godfrey or John showed me a neat feature or two that the Ds had that the D > didn't, and I recall thinking how neat that was, and that it would fit into > my shooting style rather nicely. I don't recall the feature now <g> but, > were I to get the Ds it would become apparent. > > The somewhat smaller size of the Ds is a plus as well, and I've no > investment in CF cards to protect - don't even need to get a new card > reader. I've gone out photographing with a couple of people on the list > who use the Ds, and seen that it was just as simple for them to use the > manual focus glass on their cameras is it was to use the same lenses on the > D, so that's a non-issue for me. > > The bottom line at this point is that the feature set on the Ds is more > than adequate for me at this time, although the feature set on the D may > allow more flexibility later should my needs change. But by that time I'd > expect at least one more generation of a Pentax DSLR. > > Thanks for asking ;-)) > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > Wrom: HAALPTCXLYRW > > > I have no experience with the Ds. I my bought my D 2 days before > > Pentax announced the release of the Ds. I have no regrets. > > > > Of all the features of the Ds the ones I find most desirable are the > > buffer size & write speed. > > > > In light of all the responses, just out of curiosity, which way are > > you leaning? > > > > Dave > > > > P.S. > > > > I've been having a small chuckle to myself reading this thread. It > > seems that both sides (ie. D & Ds owner) are trying to convince you > > to join their team :-) > > >
