> After reading the ist D threads over the last couple of days it looks now > like the honeymoon is over, the bitching & moaning has begun in > earnest. PDML negative imagination is running amuck and more than a few of > us, who previously were pleading for Pentax to release the new DSLR, now > have the ist D lying dead in a pile of ashes before too long. All of this > based on a couple of photos of a prototype camera that no one has even > handled. Yes sir, all is right in the Pentax world!
Perhaps, perhaps... Personally, and I say this with the weight of my reputation behind me, I think the *ist D is about the perfect product introduction at this point in time. Much remains to be seen, of course, in the way of image quality and firmware choices and camera performance; but as regards the good looks of the camera, the incredible size, and all of the apparent design choices evident from this early, partial release of the specifications, I truly believe that there is not one thing that Pentax could have done better. To me, this product looks well conceived, well judged, well designed, astutely implemented, and beautifully balanced, and so far I can't identify any significant flaws. I think the Pentax team that put this together did an outstandingly good job. --Mike Mike Johnston ________ See "The Sunday Morning Photographer," my weekly online column about photography at any of these three locations: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sunday1.shtml http://www.steves-digicams.com/smp/smp_index.html http://www.photo.net/mjohnston/ Also, check out my regular monthly column in the U.K. _Black & White Photography_ magazine!
