Sounds like you want a D645. You're not going to see anything but APS in a more compact camera. That's pretty obvious and probably not a bad thing. Paul
> I got a bunch of gibberish mixed in with my post when received. Sending > agin to see if it clears up. > > Ahh... Thought you'd never ask... > > I'd want a FF sensor, general K mount compatibility, no loss of features > from the *ist D, with a minimum of double the MP of the *ist D, hopefully > triple. I'd like to see improvements in buffer size and throughput, and the > ability to use CF or SD would be nice. > > Given that, I'd be willing to pay around 2X - 3X the price I paid for the > *ist D. So assuming it was 12MP, I'd like to see a price between $3000 - > $3500. If it was 18MP +/- 2MP then I'd be willing to pay $4000 - $5000. > > I don't think that price point is too untenable, especially since I wouldn't > expect to see something like that in the next 12 months. > > Tom C. > > > > >From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: Future of DA lenses > >Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:08:09 -0500 > > > >alright, what price? > > > >Herb... > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 7:59 PM > >Subject: Re: Future of DA lenses > > > > > >>Come on... I mentioned some of the things I wanted in a camera at a decent > >>price. I didn't say what that price was. And I didn't say I wanted it at > >>the price of a DS as you stated. > > > > > >

