"Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I has an odd thought. (I actually have many of these but I'm sharing >this one.) The *ist (not the *istD) has an LCD panel on the back, >exactly where a DSLR would have a monitor. It's even the size and shape >of a monitor. I wonder if the *ist is designed to be converted to a >low end DSLR? The electronics would have to shrink a bit relative to >the *istD, but Pentax does have experience with small digital cameras. >I'm probably wrong but it just a thought.
I think it's more likely that they wanted to make it *look* more like a DSLR, as that's likely to appeal to the masses. :) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
