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?
Here's the cave Luddite pov:
I don't have that many lenses nor are they particularly expensive, so I don't think in terms like "moving" or "switching". My current gear is manual focus only (except one lens), serves me well and has no appealing equivalents in the other manufacturers lines. For me, the questions are:
1) if I decide I want AF film gear, would I buy it from Pentax
2) if I decide to buy a digital camera, would I buy it from Pentax
The answers are 1) no and 2) no. Some of my reasoning:
1) in my case there is little point in buying an AF camera just to use it with my mf lenses. If I buy one, I'll want to buy some AF lenses to go with it too. I find no particular advantage to buy an AF camera + lenses from Pentax, their AF lens line looks to me like a mess, and they have a proven track of lagging behind the competition (should I mention USM IS eye control and all that), not to speak of availability (given all the horror stories with QC, mail order is not an option)
2) analysing my digital "needs", I found that a smallish P&S type of digital camera would be more useful to me than a DSLR type one, however I want some decent performance and range of features from it too, and what I've seen so far from the Optios has left me cold.
So your truly Caveman is very likely to hang here indefinitely, because of his Pentax manual focus gear, and subscribing to some different lists for anything else. Including medium format, but that's a whole different story.
cheers, caveman
