On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Thibouille <pentaxl...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2010/11/7 Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com>: >> On 11/6/2010 4:32 PM, Thibouille wrote: >>> >>> As for Mpix, I'm sorry but this is laughable seeing the little >>> difference. Or why would Nikon guys pay for D700/D3s 'crappy' little >>> 12Mpix sensor. >>> As for DR, the 7D is bye bye. Oh, D700 is also. Damn. And that 60D >>> is... well almost a toy. >>> K5 sealing is better, fps is almost tie (7fps vs 8 fps), High ISOs are >>> better on K5. >> >> Thibs, you cannot mount Nikon lens on Canon body. You cannot mount a Pentax >> lens on Nikon body, etc. So, if one is shooting Nikon system, the wonders of >> K-5 are irrelevant. If one is having lots of K-mount lenses, the 7D's video >> advantages are irrelevant... And so on. > > I don't think so. It is relevant because people are subject to change > system. A lot of people changed system because of sensors specs (two > other usual would be lenses and AF performance). We're talking bodies, > not systems. > >> Seems you have forgotten few smilies here too. > > No, I'm just playing Adam's game. He doesn't use any. probably because > he's serious. > >> Boris >>
Part serious, part in jest. Some of the things I listed matter in the real world, other's just matter in the marketting. Some only matter in certain situations. But as a practical matter things like a 1/250th flash sync, wireless multigroup flash, fast high-pointcount AF units, video capability and fps do matter when pricing. The K-5 is a superb camera, but it simply doesn't have the specs to list at a comparable price to the 7D. At its actual list price it's quite compelling and for my personal use a far more interesting camera (body IS and high ISO matter to me, I don't care about more than 4fps, video or flash and my only care about AF is decent low-light performance). Note I've been in and out of all of the systems discussed here over the last 5 years. 'Investment' in a system is a big deal when you have $10k plus in glass. When you've got $2k in glass it's quite different, especially when you'll make a large fraction of that back in resale. Vendor lockin to a system is far overblown as a reason to not switch unless you have a lens collection like William Robb's. A basic system that's fully capable (say 2-3 zooms and a fast prime or two) is eminently open to switching. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
