Ohm he shouldn't.   But that decision should be based on
the $800 part of the total cost, not on the $20.

On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 03:37:15PM -0400, graywolf wrote:
> Well, if his istD does what he needs it to do why should he spend that $820? 
> 
> My pocket pc, laptop, and camera all take CF. Now the camera also takes XD 
> cards, the laptop also takes pcmcia cards, and the pocket pc also takes SD 
> cards: while the laptop and desktop take usb-flash as well. Which would you 
> standardize on?
> 
> By the way, I probably have the most expensive card reader on the list. I use 
> the IBM Thinkpad over the wireless network to read CF into the desktop. Think 
> of it a $3000 card reader <grin>. Of course I only paid $300 for the used 
> Thinkpad but that still is a pretty expensive card reader; luckily I have 
> other uses for it as well.
> 
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> 
> John Francis wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 08:59:15AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> I opted to stick with my *ist D because I had a few CF cards.  I didn't
> >> want to have to spend more money to get SD cards to use on a newer Pentax.
> > 
> > Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.  A 2GB 150x card in now, what, $20?
> > Saving that kind of money is definitely a reason to forego any possible
> > improvements in camera technology.  Especially since the only plausible
> > step-up from a *ist-D at present is the K10D, which is going to set you
> > back $800 or so.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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