That borders on heresy coming from you, Paul. :-) I've actually heard lots of good things about the D200.
Tom C. "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered." >From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: venting about lack of available 3rd party & other lense >Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:48:32 -0400 > >The Pentax K10, which is due next month, looks to be very similar to >the Nikon D200. Perhaps better if Aaron's secret feature amounts to >something. In any case, If I were to jump, it certainly wouldn't be >to Nikon. The only viable alternative I see is Canon. >Paul >On Aug 22, 2006, at 9:43 PM, Amita Guha 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 > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
