On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, Josh Goodman wrote: > 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.
The D70 and the *ist D are the same price ($1000) if you consider rebates. The *ist D has a real viewfinder (pentaprism vs pentamirror) and a metal chassis instead of a plastic one. > 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? The difference between 8mp and 6mp is pretty minor. The *ist D resolution is 3008x2008 pixels. An 8mp 2:3 format camera would have a resolution of about 3450x2300. If you consider that the *ist D makes a very good 8x12 print (250 dots per inch) than the 8mp version would give you a similar quality 9.2x13.8 print. A 2mp jump is considerable when going from 3mp to 5mp (66% more pixels), but isn't as exciting when going from 6mp to 8mp (33% more pixels). alex
