On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 16:49:00 +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: >OK the D *ist isn't in our hands so we can only speculate based on what's been >reported. So given what is known who of those of us that envisage moving into >digital are likely to purchase a D *ist and why? > >Who of us think it's time to move to the dark side and why?
I plan on buying an *istD when it is released, I have the money in the bank and all I need is for it to become available. Why? Well, I find myself taking pictures which will only ever be used digitally, on the web or in presentations and so on. I've tried using various digital cameras and while they are ok for some things all of them really SUCK when you try do anything close up (I can't even bring myself to call it macro). This includes a 5 megapixel Nikon I tried. I really HATE the pseudo SLR viewfinder which is only an LCD screen - give me ground glass any day, at least then I can tell if what I'm taking a picture of is actually in focus. And all my lenses will fit (I only own one pre A lens, an M50f1.7 which came with my MX which I bought new 22 years ago) and I will have control over my flashes - and wireless P-TTL at that. I looked at the *ist in a shop today, and it's too small. To small even for my wife. Put a grip on it and it would be nice though and that should be the size of the *ist D. While I agree that the thumbwheel of the *ist is cheap feeling I'm hoping for more from the *ist D. And no I'm not planning on buying an *ist. I'm also planning on putting my bellows and slide copying setup onto the *ist D and using it as a 6 megapixel slide scanner. Would I prefer a full size sensor? Well, yes, but I don't go that wide that often and particularly for pictures I want to only use digitally. And yes I would prefer to have 24 megapixels rather than 6, but that is why I will keep my film cameras. Given a choice between the *ist D or the MZ-D, I'd probably take the MZ-D for compatibility with my MZ-S, but the *ist D seems to have what I need and most of what I want and the price is a lot better than the US$7000 that the MZ-D was talked about having. Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon
