On Aug 22, 2005, at 11:36 AM, John Graves wrote:
I know....I know....I am a ham and have a radio that is mostly software. The company that did it has provided updates in the past (added a new frequency set ) as the last update.
Rest easy, then, as the DS -> DS2 is NOT a major change. Just feature tuning and a minor upgrade. The DS is too solid and useful a camera to require major changes.
(The DS and DS2 again reminds me of the Nikon FM-FM2-FM2n ... Nikon made three or four silent revisions of that camera over its years of production that improved it slightly, but it never changed in essence: the FM remained as useful 19 years after I bought it as the FM2n last revision would have been. The Pentax MX I picked up a few months ago (and have yet to take a picture with...) is virtually the identical camera in spirit.)
My luck always seems to be to buy just before something major happens. I bought my PZ-20 just after it was discontunued.
I've made a habit of buying equipment that was nicely matured in the marketplace for a while before I purchased. Because of that, I've saved money and experienced excellent reliability, and all the bugs had already become known so I bought them with conscious intent to work around those bugs. Can't say that I feel the worse for this. ;-)
Godfrey
