Christian, You'll be the first to know if I decide to sell any of my kit!
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't 'sell my soul' and I certainly won't be expecting to pay a gazillion dollars. I am ready to pre-order if the MX-D comes in at D30 money. Maybe a bit beyond, Fuji S1 territory. Beyond that, I'm more cautious. This is assuming that it's a full-frame image sensor. What if it's 2/3rds size? And for more money? Depends on the spec, really. Like someone said, it's the cost in switching glass, and of possibly lowering standards in that glass... I think that in wanting to go fully digital one has to make assumptions and choices - not always based on practicalities! I mean, if I wanted a cost-effective method of 'going digital' then why don't I just buy an all-in-one high-spec digi camera like the Olympus E-XX etc? It would work fine as a standalone unit, and I could still shoot film on Pentax. My trouble is that I'm too used to 35mm film SLR form-factor. I like the shape of the bodies, with grips, and nice big lenses to hold - it all works exceedingly well, and I don't want to change that. Having access to a large range of glass is essential, in my opinion. Having things at the size I've become accustomed to is very important. I find these tiny digi cams so small that my big fingers just get all muddled up on them. Forget gloves! I like these things with great big knobs and levers on them in arranged in a fool-proof manner (ha!), and most 'professional' (ahem) gear accommodates this desire. I had an RB67 once upon a time ;-) Cost is always important. Anyone self-employed sees the cost of a thing as tax-deductable, and how long it takes to pay for itself. I'm not, so can't, and it won't. So from my point of view, an MZ-D would be a 'luxury' item - totally unnecessary! But then again, that's half my belongings... At the moment in my house there are (mental tally....) seven Macintosh computers, several in various states of disrepair, three in current use, one less than a year old. I don't *need* all those...they just somehow got 'acquired' through individual circumstance and...well, desire. (To be fair, all except three are being built up to be sold.) I used to build and race a 4X4 and until you've messed about with cars like that - the cost of a MZ-D pales into insignificance! My S.O. breathed a heavy sigh of relief when that eventually went (after nearly a decade!) and getting back into stills photography was most welcomed by her. So, it would be with a heavy heart that I would lose some Pentax gear, but I'm firmly decided in shooting digitally within a year. I also firmly hope that the MZ-D makes an appearance before then. It really would be the icing on the cake. They surely must be ready to rock with such a model? I can't believe they're not. They caught themselves just in time before releasing that 6MP full-frame beauty that would have been too expensive for people like me. Instead, they're hard onto pushing out a Pentax D30 *just* for people like me! Go baby go! I dream in digital, yessir. Cotty _______________________________________________________ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
