Suhit Gupta
03-29-2006, 02:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://reviews.cnet.com/Pentax_ist_DS2/4505-6501_7-31484414.html?subj=fdba&part=rss&tag=MR_Search+Results' target='_blank'>http://reviews.cnet.com/Pentax_ist_DS2/4505-6501_7-31484414.html?subj=fdba&part=rss&tag=MR_Search+Results</a><br /><br /></div><i>"As Pentax's top player in the tightly competitive field of consumer digital SLRs, the *ist DS2 is essentially a slightly upgraded and repackaged version of the company's successful *ist DS. The DS2's only significant difference from its earlier sibling is a larger color LCD, supersized from 2 inches in diameter to 2.5 inches, the new standard in prosumer digital SLRs. But smart companies know that major overhauls aren't always necessary. Like the DS, the Pentax *ist DS2 is a relatively light but robust and easy-to-navigate digital SLR, with 6- megapixel resolution, an impressively bright viewfinder, responsive 11-point autofocus, and a wide array of advanced automatic and manual features that should please longtime SLR enthusiasts without befuddling newcomers."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/31484414-2-300-camera%2Bon-1.gif" /><br /><br />I just finished reading this review and it really feels like this camera is the for the beginner end of the prosumer spectrum of users. However, at almost $1000, I feel that it not necessarily going to get a lot of customers. Overall, the reviews aren't raving. It is a mediocre camera that seems to perform poorly at high ISO's and is slightly sluggish in auto-focusing in poor lighting conditions.