[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> On 15/6/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> Exactly. It's a PC camera. The current cool thing. But definitely not >>> worth the money. Nothing in its resume suggests that it is. >> >> Guys, guys. How much was the *ist D when it first came out? >> > But that was a long time ago. The price of entry increases contantly. > But cool is what cool does.
Furthermore, what the R-D1 sells for *now* is probably more than what it was really worth when it came out, in terms of materials and function. But you can't put a price on cool. (The ist-D was priced comparably to its direct competition, the Canon 10D and the Nikon D100.) The R-D1 is a lovely piece of kit, no doubt about it. Maybe worth the money (now) if you really *need* such a beast, but I'm glad I don't. I'd love something that small, quiet and unobtrusive with a 10 MP sensor (I *do* make prints, and big ones whenever possible). I certainly don't *need* one, but I'd probably buy it if it were in the $1000 range. Cool is what cool does ;) Heck, if Pentax made a 10MP camera the size of the ist-D or DS I'd be quite interested. How about a rangefinder body for k-mount lenses? The image-plane-to-lens-mount distance would make the body quite deep and it would be silly with most lenses, but with the pancake Limiteds... cool. Not gonna happen, I know. But then I shouldn't be spending more money on cameras anyway! -- 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.
