On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Desjardins, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an *istD sitting right behind me in my office at work. It's the > official dept. camera. We will continue to use it until it breaks. We just > don't' need more MP or AF speed. Eventually, I think that more cameras will > be like that. $2000 or less, 32 MP, acceptable AF speed. Shoot RAW, let the > PC do the processing. You could have a camera like that for 10 years before > upgrading, maybe longer, just like a film camera. > > How long do you think the new Leica M9 will be in service before in ends up > in Technotrash?
I've discovered that today's semi-pro cameras have pretty much hit the 'I don't need any more' point for me. Having now owned the Nikon D300, Panasonic G1 and Olympus E-30 over the last year and a half I've pretty much concluded that if it gives me cleanish ISO 1600 in colour, usable 3200 in B&W and has reasonable AF, buffer depth and viewfinder I'm satisfied. Oh, and I want Live View with a flip-twist LCD, makes tripod work oh so much easier on the neck & back. The K-7 looks extremely good under my requirements. If the E-30 hadn't offered near-complete lens compatibility with the G1, I'd have a K-7 now. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
