Rob... you assume too much :) The jump ship would be first to a standard FILM SLR.. this will at least allow me to gather a lens or two. The digital SLR won't be for a while - but by that time - Canon or Nikon or Fuji would be well into longer generations and as we've seen, the price should stay reasonably low (with respect to current pricing) when I eventually do decide to go DSLR.
I don't plan on jumping right in with both feet without testing the water first. And.. beyond that.. I still will have a hand in the Pentax camp as I still own an old screwmount SL (and a K mount converter) Cheers, Dave Original Message: ----------------- From: Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 14:18:23 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re[2]: No Pentax D-SLR on Photokina? Touble is, with digital cameras the bugs don't get ironed out completely - you get a replacement model with a different set of bugs. The latest Canon, Nikon, Fuji and Contax D-SLRs have all had some form of recall or firmware fix for serious problems and some of those are second or third generation! I must admit it did seem a little inconsistent that if Pentax brought out a DSLR now, you would wait for the replacement model, but if they didn't you felt you had to jump ship immediately. Either you need one now, or you can wait - you seem to be saying both. OK, I sort of understand what you are saying, but while technology is advancing as rapidly as it is, generation 1, 2 or 47 will all have problems as they don't seem to properly QA stuff before releasing it - I guess we would wait 10 years for a fully tested D-SLR, so they let us test it for them! -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
