On Jun 15, 2008, at 4:13 AM, Cotty wrote: > On 15/6/08, Sandy Harris, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> A LOT more than I'd want to pay. That's more than a new >> K20D, roughly triple the price of a k200d. Compared to >> those, the Epson has fewer megapixels, no shake >> reduction, lower maximum ISO, lower memory capacity, > > This is all true. So why do you think that people would possibly > want one? > > I think they command high prices because only 10,000 were ever > made. The > build quality is extremely good - with a metal chassis and skin. > Hold a > Pentax MX and you're on the right track. Access to a formidable lens > range. 6MP is paltry by today's standards, but for making 20X16 > prints, > that's doable. Certainly 11X8 is not a problem. How many digital > photographer's print their work these days? So for web work, 6 MP > is way > more than plenty. > > You know what? You can't even download the files from the camera or > charge the battery in the camera. > > Yet if I had to choose one digital body, new or used, from anywhere in > the world, from any manufacturer or camera shop anywhere, it would be > this camera. Isn't that strange? Cannot think why :) > >> ... And I've seen reports of reliability problems. > > If you could point me to any reports of reliability problems, I > would be > grateful.
I gotta say that the few minutes I had to play with the RD-1, I was very impressed with it. So much so that I did a half-ass search for one until I realized it was really too far out of my price range. -- 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.
