Hello Tom, When we get a whiner on the list, who basically spells doom and gloom (what you did) it would be nice to see your credentials. For photographers, part of the credentials are your photos (skills). If you were a well known and respected photographer who made those statements, maybe some would listen more. Since you aren't, showing us your wares would help your credibility.
If someone were to say that they have been using long lenses and trying to track birds and just can't do it, but upon trying xxxx, they could, there is a possible reason to switch. But to just make a blanket statement that one of the smallest camera companies can't compete with the largest, so I can't recommend that to anyone, is a statement I don't think is worth hearing (again and again and again). So Pentax is smaller. They weren't the last out of the gate with a DSLR and have produced 3 to date. If you look at the trend for all players except Canon, they are downgrading their bodies. I think there are two reasons. One is that the low end is a high growth area. The second is because there are no sensors available to make a mid-level body. Since to date, Sony has been the supplier for the others, there has been a big hold in the middle where an 8-10mp sensor would be. So the manufacturers wouldn't want to release yet another 6mp camera in the middle level - they have been waiting for the new sensor. Pentax has released 3 DSLRs and several lenses and has given a lens roadmap and other indications of it's intentions. It has now started to work with Samsung as other companies have joined up. So why are they so different? If you don't believe them or choose to recommend another brand, so be it. But if you bring it up on the Pentax oriented list, expect to be countered. I happen to never recommend Canon. I don't like their cameras and see them as a big company trying to drive out all other competitors. I don't care for the lack of choice in the future. Sort of like Wal-Mart. If you have the right to come on the list and spew your doomsday feelings, then I have the right to refute or disagree with them. When I steer someone to Pentax instead of Canon, I'm not going on the Canon list to tell them that their Rebel feels cheap or has a crappy viewfinder, etc. I'm not jumping on a Minolta list to tell them that I can't recommend their camera because I'm worried about their future compared to Canon. Sorry for the vent. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, October 26, 2005, 1:40:45 PM, you wrote: >>From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>There have been a some who comment negatively that I am still waiting >>to see their work to show how they are unable to get the shots they >>want because of lack of technology. I suspect most are due to lack of >>skill. Those who have truly found the roadblock have purchased >>another system. >> TC> I'm surprised by that statement Bruce... how can you possibly speculate a TC> judgement regarding someone's skill or lack thereof, based on unseen work? TC> I would speculate that in some cases someone could not show you the shots TC> they are unable to get because, well, they were not able to get them... TC> The reactions of people on this list continue to mirror what happens with TC> just about any topic in life (no surprise there). Someone voices a TC> differing opinion regarding Pentax and people rush to defend their own TC> personal purchasing decisions, as if they themselves were the subject of TC> attack. TC> For me, it's not a matter of not getting the shots I want because of the TC> technology, though for sure a larger buffer/faster throughput could help on TC> rare occasions. It's a matter of "will Pentax be there for me down the TC> road?". You don't know, I don't know, we all don't know. It's not a matter TC> of whether current Pentax gear functions well or well enough. It's a matter TC> of "where will I spend future money?". At least that's that's where I TC> coming from. TC> Tom C.
