P. J. Alling wrote on 08.09.05 23:07: > The DL is reputed to be sold with the 18-55 kit lens for less than > $1000.00. If you buy it without a lens it should be less expensive. You are comparing cheap 3.5-5.6 consumer zoom to high quality 2.8-4.8 Zeiss T* lens with only 2 mm distance to sensor, which should assure low chromatic aberrations and very good performacnce at wide angles. To have xcomparable lens on Pentax you would have to buy DA 16-45 which is re expensive... Look at samples and English conclusion on Polish photo page especially compared to Canon Pro 1 and Olympus E-300: http://www.fotopolis.pl/index.php?gora=4&lewa=3&e=3342&p=5 http://www.fotopolis.pl/index.php?gora=4&lewa=3&e=3342&p=6 http://www.fotopolis.pl/index.php?gora=4&lewa=3&e=3342&p=7 The difference in favour of R1 is huge, especially when comparing to E-300 which uses theoretically "digital optimised" lenses. Noise levels of R1 are not as good as in Ds, but still very usable up to iso800 - much better than compact digicams and Olympus E-300.
-- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
