chris_at_vividoptic.com Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/news/0601/06012701pentaxdl2.asp">infohere</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark pav Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Bah! Pentax have been making *ist D clones for the last two or three years! When are they gonna produce something significantly different? I think that if they don't announce anything better at PMA I'll be off to Nikon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew robertson Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 They'll produce something actually new as soon as Sony starts marketing higher resolution DSLR chips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_at_vividoptic.com Posted January 29, 2006 Author Share Posted January 29, 2006 .... mmm, but SONY have other dSLR priorities now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew robertson Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Which is why I think that DSLR manufacturers may have to start shopping around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve graham Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 "I think that if they don't announce anything better at PMA I'll be off to Nikon." Nikon don't seem to have anything particularily different at the consumer end either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew robertson Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Must be great to have the cash to change systems on a whim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_at_vividoptic.com Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 I'm not switching systems. I'm adding the *ist DL + pancake (possibly later a tilt lens) for the lens. Its lens first, body to hold. I'm keeping my investment in my Minolta system, well camera, grip, three primes. The luxury bit was that my original system in Minolta was planned to be 4-5-6 primes. I ballooned it out to 15 as a testing project, but they are all bought used and with the plan to sell them all on within 6 months. Which is just what I'm doing. The only change is that despite finding what I would call my keeper set of 7 primes. I'm slimming to a shocking 3 primes only. Which allows me to pop-in and get the *istDL and 40/2.8 pancake. I guess I'm lucky that I have no printing costs. I don't even own a printer (well have Canon 6x4" postcard thing) but I spend zero on printing or running costs. Coming from a 100+ films a year shooter to now a 10,000 frame a year digital shooter is a HUGE cost saving. I LIKE Digital!! My prints are replaced by my websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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