I'm in, and have been in, the same boat. I use the D30 at work; the 20-35 f/2.8 is now a 35-50, and the 80-200 f/2.8 is a 320 2.8; good with the bad. You probably know all the specs, so I'll just let you know what I think of it from shooting it for the past 6 months: I am ready for digital. I took one of the photos, blew the 5x7 @ 300 dpi up to 11x16.5 in photoshop, printed it on an Epson 2000P, and was amazed. I agree with whoever about not being able to blow it up to poster size (though I should try using genuine fractals) but this 11x16.5 looks better than any 11x14 cibachrome I ever had printed (and no I never had Kodachrome 25 enlarged... we have, however, blown up Kodchr 200 to 30 x 40 C prints from a 4x5 inter-neg.). I personally own Pentax 24/2.8, 85/1.4, 135/1.8, 200/2.8 and 300/4 w 2X-AS , all manual focus, and would love a Pentax digital, even if only 4MP. I've used the D30 and believe that the Canon 1D must be an even better tool, but hard to justify the 5+K price, making the D30 even more attractive. I waited so long for the MZ-S that I traded my LX outfit before it came out for a 6X7II with AE prism. I hope Pentax hints at something soon, for I have a Hassie outfit that I would swap for a D30 body w/grip and 45mm Tilt/Shift lens (which Pentax nor anyone comes close to making). Canon is so far ahead of the pack that I fear Pentax will never be able to catch up, let alone keep up.
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