>> * Choice of JPEG, TIFF and RAW recording formats >> * Comes complete with software compatible with RAW format data >> * Special battery grip (expected to go on sale at the same time as >> the *ist D) > One would hope so, the biggest expense with digitals is batteries.
It is?? No, it isn't. You use rechargeable NiMH batteries. Granted, it does coast fifty or sixty dollars for a set (although a charger and a set of batteries might be included in the selling price of the *ist D, I don't know), but once you own them you can re-use them for hundreds and hundreds of charges with no additonal expense. Given the fast power drain of digital cameras (a single set of batteries can last less than a day), the use of rechargeables is nearly mandatory. Don't mean to be picking on you here, Kevin, it's just that I don't like to see misapprehensions promulgated gratuitously. (I know, I like that phrase too. <g>) --Mike
