PJ, No point in keeping something that isn't in tip-top condition, unless you use it as a paper weight. If the *istD isn't working so well, get it fixed or trade it for a good condition one. I understand the 2 wheeled thing and have struggled with Pentax's 1 wheeled offerings.
My first digital was the *ist DS and I'm keeping it. I can make my old TTL flashes work on that camera, and I suspect 6 meg is just fine for my flash photos. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Desjardins, Steve<[email protected]> wrote: > Sometimes stuff isn't really worth enough to sell. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of P. J. > Alling > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 2:49 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: A Dilemma > > So here's the Dilemma. I've been trying to decide which Camera the > *ist-D or the DS I should keep as a backup. I can't really justify > both. The major problem with selling the *ist-D is that it's for all > intents and purposes worthless monetarily, (it's the most beat up, and > needs some repair, probably more than it's worth). It will never be a > collectors item, and while I like it well enough it never grabbed my > heart the way that an MX or LX could. It was however a milestone in > that it was Pentax's first marketed DSLR. > > The user interfaces of both the Ds and and D are infuriatingly different > from the K20d, though similar enough to it and each other to keep me > guessing. I hate to think of the number of times I've hit the AE lock > on the K20 when I wanted the Green button, and then realizing my mistake > trying to hit the green button in the wrong place! ...and I've only had > the K20 for less than two weeks. I've got the OK button on the Ds > programmed to select the center AF sensor, and once again I keep hitting > the OK button when I want to preform that function on the K20... The > rear wheel on the *ist-D is simply in the wrong place <period>. The > *ist-Ds uses the same cards, the same USB cable, and has the rear wheel > in just the right place, (but then it's the only wheel it has). The > *ist-D has a PC connector, a two wheel interface though one is badly > placed and unfortunately uses different cards, and a different USB > cord. However the D feels more solid, (the rubberized grip material is > more like the material on the K20 and is solidly attached to the camera, > the Ds grip material has peeled off a couple of times almost causing me > to lose the red self timer/infrared sensor lens. The pop up flash on > the *ist-D seems more substantial, (the operant word being /seems/). > The D shoots 6 Raw frames at 2.6 FPS, the DS shoots 5 raw frames at 2.8 > fps, honestly I've seldom run into the limits in my style of shooting, > but the Ds does clear it's buffer quite a bit faster. The Ds grip is a > bit more comfortable, but I could get a vertical grip for the D, an > option that is unavailable for the DS, (well at least one made by Pentax > is unavailable), which would make it more convenient. I'd really like to > have a more similar second camera, but it's not in the budget right > now. I'm not really looking for advice, but I am torn. It's not like > either of these cameras, (at least the examples I have), are likely to > appreciate in value, so that's not much of a concern. Oh well... > > -- > > > The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or > drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a > damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is > not a free man any more than a dog. > > --G. K. Chesterton > > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
