I've been pretty impressed with it, as well. Mostly the size and
viewfinder. It's very compact in that nice way that OMs are compact.
The only thing that's really held me back is the lens issue. I assume
that between Pentax and third-party companies like Sigma there are
probably some decent lenses available, but I haven't seen any lens
tests using the *ist D that would encourage me about any particular
lenses.
On Feb 3, 2004, at 7:01 AM, Thomas Heide Clausen wrote:
> Actually, I've had the occation to fondle an *ist D on a number of
> occations. It IS a nice camera, and it is quite robust and hardy -- at
> least it has that "good feel" of something solid. I would not
> hessitate to
> acquire one. A recent firmware update to the *istD has removed those
> few
> things which people have complained about with the *istD, meaning that
> it
> IMHO is close to perfect: compact, takes my existing KAF-mount lenses,
> robust build......
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