On Friday 06 June 2003 11:27, tom wrote: > > > Tell me who said the *ist-D wouldn't give good image quality? I expect > it will be in the same league as the 10D and D100. >
Don wrote it in his origianl post. I'm expecting the same as well which makes me happy because I think both those cameras perform to a level that I will be very happy with. > I switched because: > > - the 10D was available 3 months ago. (I think it's already paid for > itself. The Pentax selloff paid for everything else.) > - I can upgrade to a 1DS. > - Canon has a more appealing line of pro lenses wrt focal length, USM > and IS. I know why you switched and they are very good reasons for someone like yourself that makes money off his gear and needed digital NOW. I was totally impressed by the USM lenses. I think my comment was: "I didn't hear or feel it focus!!!!" If I were to dump Pentax for digital today it would be for Canon. > - Software support for Canon raw files is widespread. At this point > it's 0 for Pentax. There is no such thing as Pentax RAW files at this point in time. But, because Pentax is always the bastard child of Photography, I don't expect too much support for it when it is released. I was looking at a GNU *nix digital camera application that supports just about every brand of digicam.... except Pentax. Christian
