Re: why buy *istD

[Stan Halpin]

Actually, I passed through Nikon and Olympus on the way to 
Pentax. I bypassed Canon cameras because I could not figure 
out how to take pictures with them (i.e., interface issues). 
I settled on Pentax because it was the first I found with 
consistent, reliable, durable light metering. the Nikon and 
Olympus kept breaking and requiring 're-calibration.' My 
Minox metering was good but I wanted something with 
interchangeable lenses and more precision than zone focus.

Stan

From: alex wetmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

People who never owned a Pentax camera before on dpreview seem to be
buying the *ist D for a couple of reasons:
* They like the user interface and look and feel
* They like the small size


I expect that if you ask most members of this list why they bought
a Pentax SLR in the first place that those would be two common answers.
The other is probably the quality of lenses.


IMHO Pentax has NOTHING on the other guys here, although it may
well give you better quality for the same price and have more
useful gradations in price/quality (Canon seems to have no "middle level" 
lenses).