Amita, I agree about the K100D--about as exciting as day-old bread, except for the anti-shake.
It seems that the K10D is going to be very different, though. Rick --- Amita Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/21/06, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Amita, > > > > Jump when in-body shake reduction is becoming > > available in a weather-sealed body? For Canon's > > overpriced and underperforming glass, or > third-party > > glass? > > > > You've gotta be kidding. > > > > Rick > > No, I'm not kidding. The specs on the K100 series > don't impress me, > nor do the latest batch of Pentax lenses. I'm going > to keep my best > Pentax lenses and the *istD, so If Pentax decides to > someday put out a > body that is worth my money, I will snap it up in a > heartbeat. The 3rd > party glass thing is just a symptom of a larger > problem. Bottom line > is that I'm sick of waiting for Pentax to put out > products that I > actually want. I still love my existing glass, but I > think three years > is long enough to wait for a new body. > > In the meantime, I have my eye on the Nikon D200. > I'm going to go look > at one this weekend. I'm not certain I'm going to go > to Nikon, because > I want to wait for the camera shows, but I'm hoping > to start a new > system by the end of the year. I spent last weekend > researching lenses > for both Canon and Nikon and I'm satisfied that I > can get what I need > for either system, although I will certainly miss my > Ltd glass. :) > > Cotty, Nate thinks that the 20D would be almost a > step sideways from > the *istD, although if I decide to go with Canon, > I'll probably start > with the 20D and go from there. > > Amita > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
