Hello Rick, In a word, YES. I have two of them and am very happy with them. They do have the issue of buffer size and write speed, but I have managed to shoot many weddings with my pair, along with sports and other events. I do believe that my photography has improved because of the ability to analyze histograms and chimp at times.
Shooting digital is much like shooting slides concerning exposure - you need to be quite accurate. The other thing is that like anything new, you need a little time to dial in usage of new equipment and work flow. For me, the use of Capture One LE and RAW has made a huge difference. Out of all the raw converters I have looked at, it offered the fastest workflow for batches of pictures. If you are only going to glance through and then work with a select few, it probably doesn't offer anything others don't. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 7:24:11 AM, you wrote: RW> Folks, RW> I've been on the "digital fence" for some time, and RW> had pretty much decided to buy the ist D successor RW> when it becomes available. RW> I'm getting itchy, though, since it doesn't look as RW> though the new body will be here by summer. RW> In May and June, a niece is getting married, I'm going RW> to GFM, my son is graduating from high school, and my RW> wife and I will be traveling in Europe. That's 50 RW> rolls of Ektachrome right there, i.e. $500 with RW> processing. RW> I'm really not sure how I will feel about the "digital RW> workflow." It is possible that I will run screaming RW> back to film. I really like my slides. RW> Soooo... I can probably pick up a used ist D for RW> $700-800, looking at the recent prices on eBay and RW> KEH. RW> Worth it? RW> Rick RW> __________________________________________________ RW> Do You Yahoo!? RW> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around RW> http://mail.yahoo.com
