On 9 Nov 2005 at 18:37, John Francis wrote: > Oddly enough, I've managed to use my D for (RAW) panoramas, > and for motorsports action photography. > > I guess it's just as well that I didn't know the camera > couldn't be used for such things.
I'm glad for you but let's face it there was no other choice at the time, if you wanted to shoot digital and use you current 35mm glass in a resonable manner the *ist D was it, the only choice. > It could certainly be better for buffer size, write speed, > and auto-focus performance (while I've got some great action > shots, I've also got several near misses). And my misses are becoming more frequent due to the type of photography that I'm undertaking these days. > But I don't regret having purchased the camera, even though > I paid almost $2000 (US) for the camera and battery grip. Nor do I but the question is would you buy another? I wouldn't. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
