> 1/ How many DSLRs do you currently own? One. If I could afford two, I would have another K10D because I hate switching lenses but love my primes.
> 2/ How many have you owned in the past? Last winter I owned the *istD and K10D at the same time for a short while, but sold the *istD to help pay for the K10D. > 3/ How many years ago did you buy (not just use) your first DSLR? I bought my *istD in early November of 2003 and took my first shot with it on 11/19. > 4/ What's the longest length of time you've owned a single DSLR camera? Mid 11/03 to mid 1/07, so three years and two months. > 5/ When you purchased your first DSLR, did it live up to expectations? Yes it did. I was immensely happy with it all the time I owned it. > 6/ How long have you owned you current DSLR (if more than one, the latest) > ? Since mid December 07. Would have bought it sooner, but there was some confusion over whether or not Reed's would be getting them before the store went under. I also tried to have my old Pentax rep help me get one, but that fell through too. Ended up having to pay full price through Amazon like everyone else. It was probably a dumb choice, since I'd been unemployed for over two months at that point. > 7/ Has your latest DSLR lived up to expectations ? Yes, with two exceptions: the early banding problem, which was fixed with a firmware upgrade, and the inacurate focus issue, which I only recently discovered and have yet to do anything about. > 8/ If a new model is released that supersedes - improves upon - your > current or latest model, will you buy it? If I can find some way to afford it, hell yes. I'm a technophile and a hardcore Pentaxian; how could I live without it? > 9/ If a new model is released that supersedes - improves upon - your > current or latest model, will you consider your current or latest model > 'obsolete' ? Nope. As I always told my customers back at Reed's, when a new model comes out, that doesn't make your camera any less capable of doing what it does best. Only reason I would want to upgrade is because I'm in that class of people who really really want the latest and greatest. My current income is a great obstacle to that, unfortunately. > 10/ Do you consider your first DSLR (whether still owned or not) > 'obsolete'? Nope! The *istD was a damn good camera, and still is by many standards. > 11/ Have you ever had sex with a bicycle? (You don't have to answer > this. In fact, better if you don't). Oh yeaaaah baby, and it was really-- er, no, no I haven't. Why do you ask? John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
