I bought my *ist Ds for AU$1385 with a sigma 18-50 (and I haven't even taken the 18-50 out of it's box yet - all I really wanted was an 18-28 to cover the range you lose with a 1.5x sensor) The cheapest deal I'd seen for the D was $1700, and why pay more money for a "lower spec camera" (the things sales staff tell you!)
>which is less than half what I paid for it a year ago. Well, being realistic, I guess my Ds will be worth less than $700 by Christmas 2005. They're just computers with an optical input device, and what's a PIII worth now? Cheers, Simon -----Original Message----- From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 13 December 2004 8:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: istDs in Australia, was ist DS in the UK On 13 Dec 2004 at 18:51, Paul Ewins wrote: > Its being advertised here for AUD$1499 with a Sigma 18-125. At that price it > undercuts the N70 (with 18-70) by $800 and the 300D by $150 (18-55) and both > have zooms with a much smaller range. The E300 (14-45) is $500 more and the > Konica-Minolta (with Sigma 28-105)is about $1000 more. I'd be feeling a little shafted as a Minolta user :-( The cheapest I've seen an *ist D body here was AU$1100. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
