Pentax's new "L" = least expensive DSLR yet?

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

RichA - 31 Jul 2005 21:20 GMT

According to one Brit magazine anyway.
They showed a price of 600 pounds for it
as a kit. It looked even smaller than the
current "s" but the size was not given.
It's possible linked with their 40mm
pancake lens, this thing could be considered
pocketable.
-Rich

Reply to this Message

Martin Francis - 31 Jul 2005 23:24 GMT

> According to one Brit magazine anyway.
> They showed a price of 600 pounds for it
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> pocketable.
> -Rich

It doesn't seem smaller. It does seem cheaper, and I don't mean in price.

We currently sell it £549 b/o, and throw in a free Sigma 18-50mm when we
have them.

Martin

Reply to this Message

RichA - 01 Aug 2005 05:52 GMT

>> According to one Brit magazine anyway.
>> They showed a price of 600 pounds for it
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>
>Martin

Well, it does have that blown-plastic look of cheapness.
Maybe DSLR makers should re-think how low they want to go?
-Rich

Reply to this Message

Pete D - 01 Aug 2005 08:33 GMT

The Pentax *ist DL is a slighly smaller, slightly cheaper version of the
Pentax *ist DS which was announced on June 1st 2005. The anticipated release
date is August 10th 2005. Most of the camera remains the same as the DS, but
there are some differences among which are:

a.. The pentaprism is replaced by a pentamirror, giving a somewhat smaller
viewfinder (now 0.85x)
b.. The LCD is larger (2.5")
c.. The DL has 3 AF zones (the DS has 11)
d.. The buffer is now 5/3 (Jpeg/Raw) [vs. 8/5 for the DS]
e.. The DL has an auto ISO model
f.. The DL is 7% lighter (ca. 565g vs. 605g)
g.. The DL is about 12% cheaper (ca. $700 vs. ca. $800)
h.. The DL has no high speed flash sync
The lack of high speed flash sync in a bad idea. I think you will find the
size pretty much the same.

> According to one Brit magazine anyway.
> They showed a price of 600 pounds for it
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> pocketable.
> -Rich

Reply to this Message

tlai909@visto.com - 02 Aug 2005 18:29 GMT

So let me get this right...

The DL reverts to a 1/60 flash sync. instead of something acceptable
like 1/250?

T.

Reply to this Message

Pete D - 02 Aug 2005 21:12 GMT

Not good if it does, yuk. Get a Ds.

> So let me get this right...
>
> The DL reverts to a 1/60 flash sync. instead of something acceptable
> like 1/250?
>
> T.

Reply to this Message