Still in the throes of where to go digitally I stopped off yesterday at
a well supplied photo store to take a look at the Minolta A1 the Schnozz
has been considering as a "bridge" camera. Very nice. Also got to
compare to a C5060. A very nice but much different camera which only
added to my confusion. Bridge camera or not I still need to replace the
little 2 MP Nikon Coolpix 800 that I just gave my son so he could have a
web shot cam to take to Iraq with him. I miss instant photography
already. Primitive as it was that thing was really useful.
The main point however, is that I was handed both a Pentax *ist D and
and an E-1 at the same time. First time I'd ever seen the Pentax. Its
diminutive size and large viewfinder compared to the E-1 took me back
about 30 years to when I first started comparing the OM-1 with its Canon
and Nikon competition. I couldn't help but think that with Olympus's
heritage the *ist D is what Maitani would have designed.
A very beautiful little camera with no hope of an OM adapter and (like
the E-1) no image stabilization. Now I'm more confused than ever...
especially since Pentax has just whacked $500 off the price of a kit
composed of *ist D body and 16-45mm zoom (equiv. FOV approx. 24-70mm).
Bridge camera anyone?
Chuck Norcutt
Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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