"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."
I second that. I bought a new old stock *istD and I take it for a ride from time to time. K10D ergonomics are great but the *istD reminds me of the old 70's design that I also like (smaller, less intrusive). On 6/15/08, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [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. > -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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.
