my point (also want to buy a dslr) is also when te new one is coming out..

The ist-d is 'old' in terms of dslr with an 1.0 usb transfer, which is now 2.0(much faster) on the ist-ds(2).
i would like a 10Mb semi pro body just like the nikon d200 but than without problems

with photodo this lens http://www.photodo.com/nav/prodindex.html

comes out as grade 3, the 300 4.5 ED has a grade 4. i use this lens for theater work and it is very nice. i do not know the difference in price....
but with an 1.4x extender you would have the same as the 400 5.6, but with better glass...

Beware that the 85 1.4 is a massive glass lens and weights more than an average lens.... I use it in theater also (on mz-s). Very nice!
But on a digi it becomes a 125mm. A bit to long for my normal theater position. then the 50 1.4 would be better for me (becomes 75).

read lens tests before you buy the more

http://www.photodo.com/nav/prodindex.html

cm of course..

The max enlargement is 8 times the size of the neg so is= 19x28 cm. for 35mm film. Above that you loose quality if you want it or not. changing development can decrease grain structure, but you will loose sharpness....

I learned that 35mm is capable to print max 18x24.

I know the D645 is coming next year, but i am afraid of the price it will cost...
I already have the 35mm, 75,120 macro and 200 lens for the 645 and love this system.

After thinking over and reading a lot of problems from guys with a canon 350, saying it stopped focussing. O no problem, send it back and pay 200 euro and it will be solved. Yeah! that's what i want....

I think to stay with pentax, but now comes the determining of which camera.
The Ist-D is already some years old withou the lack of usb2.0, smaller lcd screen etc... But has maybe nicer functionality what i use now on my mz-s. the istd-ds2 is very well priced, but not available in europe???

Do nikon and canon make so bad lenses??
I know that the contax 85 1.4 has te same design as the pentax 85.

What is my problem?
I think that the 6Mb is not enough for me to work with. I am used to scan 645 negs and 6x12 transparencies with provides me 120mb or about 300 mb from my epson 3200 scanner for my website where i am working on (www.foto-art.nl). maybe i am wrong, but the whole camera world is moving up to 10mb (nikon d200 looks ok), and pentax stays at 6...

I know that nikon has hard lenses which are maybe a little to hard for showing reality, and the pentax has a very good light meter & a normal battery in stead of stupid battery packs. But i have to think carefully which step to take in the next couple of months...

That's a good view George, i haven't looked at it this way.
The only thing i have now is why i should stay then with pentax. Nikon and Canon have much more toys available these days......

oops. The guest above was actually me.
damn computers...

what i use now is the FA 50 1.4, FA 85 1.4 ED and the 300 F.4 ED. All very good optics for my purpose..

Hi,

until now i used several analogue cameras such as the z1p and mz-s. Now i want to get the next year into the digital area besides my analogue interest (645nii and 4x5 shen hao). Is it worth the money to get the ist-d, or is the new ist-ds2 also a nice value for money kamera.
I also want to shoot theater with it....

Thanks.