I'm pretty much on the same page as Juan. Not everyone needs all the high specs so many on this list so frequently cry out for. I don't want to carry the weight around, I don't want big, honking zoom lenses, I don't want high-speed motor drives ... a nice simple camera that makes good pictures is just perfect. Small lenses with good resolution and a nice fingerprint are more important than slow, zoom lenses that cover 300mm of focal range. Straightforward, easy-to-use cameras are what I like.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Juan Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > Date: 2/23/2006 7:01:44 PM > Subject: Re: *IST-D / DS & High speed action! > > On 2/23/06, Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Pentax don't want to be at the stadium. If they did, they'd make a 5-8 FPS > > body and a lot of 1.4-2.8 (digital) lenses. They obviously don't want to. > > This is a great thing! There are plenty of options already from Canon > and Nikon. People should use one of those if that's what they need. > Why would it be a good thing to have yet another brand making cameras > like that? I like my small, no frills Pentaxes that stay out of the > way while I try to create art with them. > > [...] > > Only people who bring a camera while they are really doing OTHER things care > > about size and weight. > > Speak for yourself. If you are walking around in a city for six hours > in a row shooting people in the street, camera strapped to your wrist, > size and weight become a big issue. When I do that I'm not doing > anything else, btw. > > Give me a small istD with an FA35 over a 20S with whatever lens is > equivalent anytime. > > j > (who couldn't care less about sports photography) > > -- > Juan Buhler > Water Molotov: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com > Slippery Slope: http://color.jbuhler.com
