On Sep 12, 2005, at 2:54 PM, Barry Rice wrote:
A while ago I asked about the differences between the *ist-DS and the
*ist-DL, and got a set of great answers. I decided the *ist-DS was
more
attractive to me because of the pentaprism (instead of the
pentamirror).
Viewfinder brightness is a matter of importance for me in my macro
work.
Price is also a concern. Today I got ready to order, and discovered
that
suddenly neither B and H or Adorama carry the *ist-DS anymore! Does
anyone
know why this is the case? And now I see there's a DS2 on the
Pentax site,
although I don't see this for sale yet! Is this scheduled to be a
pricey
model?
The DS2 is an incremental update to the DS. It should be available by
sometime next month. The DS model is getting scarce as stocks sell
out, it's price has been bottomed for a bit now into the high $500/
low $600 range. Not much different, really, although some of the
incremental improvements are nice stuff. As a new model it will carry
a higher price tag for a while, of course.
Some stores still have a few DS units in stock. BuyDig.com has been a
very good vendor, I'd recommend them highly. I bought my second DS
body from them shortly before the DS2 announcement, they provided
excellent service.
Godfrey
