This is plain wrong. The newbies don't buy IS or USM but they buy in the system that has IS/USM. The ones that care to read a bit before committing to buy will always come across something like the current article at NYIP on "how to buy your first slr"; not an exact quote but it sounds like: if you want to grow on, buy into a system that has a pro camera. N/C/M have one, P doesn't. Servus, Alin
Bruce wrote: BR> The vast majority of film SLR's sold are entry level ones, and the BR> people buying them don't know or care about USM or IS. They don't buy BR> Pentax because it doesn't say, "Canon" or "Nikon" on the camera. They

