Control? Please elaborate ... what control does one give up? Shel
> [Original Message] > From: P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > Date: 6/2/2005 11:13:11 AM > Subject: Re: Why choose *ist DL over Nikon or Canon competitors? > > Many good points Shel, however the control aspect is what seems to be > what is lost, first... > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > >This little dialogue brings up an interesting, to me, point. First, I > >would have no qualms about giving up features (like a built-in toaster oven > >and wide screen TV) that are found in many "pro" cameras for a simplified > >feature set and a smaller, lighter, easier-to-carry simpler to operate > >camera, whether film or digital. [...] > >But that's just me ... or is it? From what I've seen there are quite a few > >istD owners here who use their cameras pretty much like standard manual > >cameras most of the time, sometimes with a concession to auto focus, and > >rarely use many of the modes and features and options. Maybe the Pentax > >Way really is to simpler, smaller, lighter, more basic cameras that produce > >good photos. > > >>[Original Message] > >>From: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > >>Date: 6/2/2005 10:41:38 AM > >>Subject: Re: Why choose *ist DL over Nikon or Canon competitors? > >> > >>Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Rob Studdert wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>The thing is that they got there by listening to their customers, so > >>>> > >>>> > >well they > > > > > >>>>deserve it IMO. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>You mean their customers asked to change the mount? > >>> > >>>Kostas > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>And said that they wanted to own great, back-crippling, lumps of camera > >>that wake you up in the morning, turn the shower on, make you a cup of > >>tea and tell you what a _wonderful_ photographer you are? > >> > >>Probably.... > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > A man's only as old as the woman he feels. > --Groucho Marx
