i've noticed secondhand *Ist D going for pretty reasonable prices (especially with the release of the K10D) so I'd be looking at one of them

*personally* I see no point in getting a DS, DL, 110D or 100D - unless you *must* have a brand new camera then why pay more money for an inferior camera?

aha but you want to be up nice and early to get the pre-dawn light


(Mind you I was up early anyway - I'd run my folks to the airport at Half Three - so was on the way back when I went to get the shots - had to wait for the sun to emerge...)

Ten pints of Broadside?


Now that IS a grown up pub crawl!

[quote="impotentspider"]The shot I posted was taken at Southwold Harbour. I'm not a proper tractor boy (moved to suffolk when i was abour four) but I was brought up here until I moved away with work in '97. I still love to come back and visit family and friends - great excuse to go shoot some great scenery

I love shooting sunsets - but while i'm home in suffolk for a week i thought i'd shoot some of the coast.

Sadly that means getting up at some daft time of day to shoot the sunrise!

you have no idea how hard it is for me not to phone Chris right now...

Which dealer was it from? sounds like they were taking the mick a bit with that one

yep i'm afraid so!

I've had the camera since early this year (bought from my dad, he owned it from new) But i've gone round the clock several times since I've had it. Can't tell exactly how many but on a busy weekend i can shoot a couple of thousand shots. (don't think i'm quite up to George's level though...!)

Rarely gets used indoors - I mainly shoot motorsports and car meets. The camera gets used in all weathers - i will confess it's been rained on more than a few times (i've got a cover for it - but if it starts to rain while i'm shooting then i'd rather get the shots then stop when i get the chance)

To my eyes the camera looks pretty much new - no appreciable wear anywhere.


George - I'm guessing you may have yours serviced periodically to keep them in good shape - any recommendations?

Just a thought - I know on some cameras it's possible to find out exactly how many shots the camera has taken in it's life - is it possible with the IST D?

I'm another with the Sigma 70-200 F2.8 EX DG APO - and I love it.

I shoot motorsport mainly and find it's an absolute dream, i've got a 1.5x and 2x TC that I use (since with 6mp there's no much range to crop zoom afterwards) and it's fast enough to still focus well on the front of a D even with less than perfect light (I try and stick to 200 iso most of the time)

I shoot in JPEG - so i'm a bit of a heathen when it comes to image quality but ultimately I just want a decent sharp in focus picture that nicely fills the frame - that's what this lens gives me.


I think I may have been quite lucky with it - I got it cheaper because it was in Pentax fitment - was on Ebay - and if you are after a lens in C or N fit then there's plenty who'll bid against you - not many P users will bid against you on a higher priced lens - especially a third party one

Just to complete the info my two shorter lenses are the Sigma 24-70 EX DG f2.8 and the Pentax SMC-A 50mm f1.7