Re: *ist-d - Help me decide....

[Paul Stenquist]

I was going to hold off for a higher res Pentax digiral. But when 
Pentax made the K and M lenses functional on the *istD I decided to go 
for it. I've found it to be a very good camera capable of producing 
images that can easily be ressed up to 50 meg with very nice quality. 
For this stock and magazine shooter, it has proven its commercial 
value. It's a great camera and a money maker.
On Feb 21, 2004, at 6:59 PM, Josh Goodman wrote:

Here's my situation.  I am in the market for a dslr and the *ist-d is 
the
natural choice for me since I have a collection of pentax glass for my 
Pz-1p
and LX.  I will be using this camera for wedding/portrait/headshot 
work.  I
have seen a rather consistent, albeit slow, price reduction in the 
*ist-d
since Christmas and I'm almost ready to buy it for a little less than 
$1200.

But with all of this talk about a baby *ist and an 8mp *ist, I'm 
starting to
wonder if I should hold off.  With lots of speculation and no concrete
evidence of a higher mp *ist anywhere in the near future, do you think 
I
should just go for it?

If Pentax were to release a baby *ist, how much would it sell for?  
With the
Digital Rebel and D70 (soon) selling for $900-1000 and the *ist only a
couple hundred more, a baby *ist would have to sell for $800 for most 
people
to even consider it, I would think.

But I digress.  I am really only interested in the *ist or a higher 
model
*ist.  How long do you feel that a 6mp camera will remain viable in the
public (weddings/portrait) or small scale business (catalog) world?
Are there any professional photographers here that use the *ist?  How 
long
do you feel that your *ist will remain your go-to camera?  If an 8mp 
*ist
came out tomorrow, would you buy it and quickly relegate your *ist-d 
to the
"backup"
position?

Thanks,
Josh