I'm not so interested in "classic" style or feel as I am in performance and function. I did not use Pentax equipment before I bought the *ist DS, but I remember the LX well from when it came out 20+ years ago. Nice camera, but at that time I preferred the Nikon F3/ T, FM2n, and FE2 cameras. Those three were workhorses that did everything I wanted, and lasted for me with never a single need for repair from when I bought them in 1980-82 until 2001.
The *ist DS gave me what I missed in other cameras since the Nikon film SLRs: solid, practical design with sensible and useful, easy to learn features. Like you, I know it very well and I feel I've gotten as much as it can give from it. It is destined to be something of a classic in my opinion: a very sensible, practical, affordable DSLR with very high quality. I could continue with that for a long time to come, but the K10D offers significant advantage in speed and resolution, as well as new, useful features like AntiShake. The K10D is a semi-pro quality body, the one in a camera line that has usually fit my needs best. I can only hope that its successors, whatever they are, will move along from there. Meanwhile, I have a long way to go before understanding and exploiting what this camera has to my satisfaction. G On Dec 9, 2006, at 1:58 PM, Mark Erickson wrote: > Godfrey, > > I see where you're coming from. I guess I like to use tools, > but I also like them for their own sake as well. For example, > I'm still really happy with my Ds because I know it, I am comfortable > with it, and I like the image quality that I get. The Ds doesn't > scratch the "classic camera" itch for me, though. > > The LX is a true classic (I purchased mine used way back in 2000 > or so). I would love to have a digital body with the LX > feel to put behind my limited lenses.... > > Until then, I'll probably keep using my Ds.... > > --Mark > > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> I won't even bother to speculate what will be "better, more >> desireable, a dream" until I learn how to exploit the K10D to my >> satisfaction. That should take a year or two, just like with the *ist >> DS. >> >> I'm not one to just dream of equipment for equipment's sake. If the >> K10D works the way I want it to, I'll probably just take pictures >> with it until the next significant upgrade comes along. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
