Not to mention HyperManual and Manual control. With the DS and later, with only one wheel, manual control is more cumbersome. One wheel to control both aperture and shutter. On the *istD, one dial controls shutter and one controls aperture. Also hyperManual can be set for Shutter/Aperture or Program when pressing the green button. So you can dial in the desired f-stop and press green button and the shutter speed will be set - or just the opposite.
Basically, to me the D was a better manually controlled camera and the DS was a better auto controlled camera. Also, the D uses CF cards and the DS uses the SD cards - not saying one is better, but they are different on that front. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, January 26, 2007, 3:40:46 PM, you wrote: SH> Not based on personal experience, but the general consensus is that the SH> primary shortcomings of the *ist-D compared to the more refined later SH> D-series brethren are the D's smaller, slower, write buffer and its SH> smaller LCD. I was thoroughly pleased with the D, not at all tempted by SH> the follow-ons, and moved to the K10D primarily to get the SH> shake-reduction feature. I really like the vertical grip available on SH> the -D and K10D and would miss that on any of the others. SH> Stan SH> On Jan 26, 2007, at 3:23 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: >> So what you're saying is the D has better build quality >> and a battery grip option none of the others have, but it lacks the >> large LCD >> of a DS2 only or are there other things it lacks compared >> to a DS2? >> thanks, >> jco >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 4:16 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: RE: Differences between the *istD, DS, DS2? >> >> >> The original D has better build quality than any of its siblings, and >> it >> can be fitted with a battery grip. Functionally, The DS2 is the best. >> Aestetically, i'd say that the D is the best. All of them work very >> well. >> >> -------------- Original message ---------------------- >> From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> So what you are saying is the DS2 is the best of >>> all the pre-K series Pentax DSLR models in all respects? >>> Or are there somethings it's lacking compared to an original D? >>> thanks, jco >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >>> Of Mat Maessen >>> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 4:01 PM >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> Subject: Re: Differences between the *istD, DS, DS2? >>> >>> >>> On 1/26/07, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Is the DS2 better or worse than the DS >>>> or D and in what way? >>> >>> The DS2 has a larger LCD screen than the DS. It also incorporated the >>> change including AF-continuous mode from the DS version 2.0 software >>> into its 1.0 software. So if you have a DS with version 2.0 or later >>> software on it, it is functionally identical to a DS2. I bought a DS2 >>> because it came along at the right time, at the right price. >>> >>> Both the DS and DS2 have faster card write speeds than the original D. >> >>> The viewfinders are identical to the D, and can have their focusing >>> screens changed relatively easily. >>> >>> -Mat >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >> >> >> -- >> 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
