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After four P&S DC's this is my first D SLR and it works great with the Pentax lenses I have for my PZ-1p and other Pentax SLR's. My first film SLR was the Canon Pellix QL in 1966 but I switched to Pentax after purchasing my first Pentax 6x7 in 1974 and have used Pentax 35mm and 6x7 film cameras ever since.
I tried the FA 50mm f1.4, Sigma AF 15mm f2.8 and Tamron AF 28-300 so far and they work perfect with the new *ist DS2. I used the Sandisk 1GB Extreme III SD card that is rated at 20mb/sec for both read and write and some have tested it on this forum and got a 23mb/sec reading. I also use an Epson P-2000 40GB multimedia storage viewer that works great with the 1GB SD card but not my 2GB Sandisk Ultra II SD card so I hope Epson comes out with a firmware upgrade so it can work with 2GB SD cards.
It looks like the Pentax DL and DS2 are the only D SLR's so far with 2.5" LCD, built-in flash and SD card slot. I have the Pentax AF500FTZ flash with the TR Power Pack II that should work great with the DS2 but the new AF540FGZ flash came out at the same time as the DS2 should work better since it has advanced P-TTL auto flash .
The shots I did so far were right on the money for exposure and I think it's a a best buy for a D SLR with large 2.5" LCD. Strengths:
Small lightweight D SLR with large 2.5" LCD. Weaknesses:
None so far. Similar Products Used:
It's my first D SLR but I have benn using digital P&S cameras like the Epson 3100Z,Pentax MX4 and 33WR since 2001. I have been using film SLR's since 1966.
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