Not thinking about Pentax in specific, but I think DSLRs are an endangered species from a development perspective. The sophistication of today's DSLRs makes it more and more difficult to figure out what can improve them as picture making machines. More pixels, more sensitivity, faster this or that ... when is enough enough? What we have today is superb, how much better can it get in a way that actually improves the process of capturing photographs? A bazilion convenience features do not make a better camera.
I was at the camera shop on Saturday and spent some time evaluating a Leica M8. Yeah, yeah, the red dot costs a fortune. What appealed to me was its stark simplicity: everythiing on the camera enables, motivates you to concentrate on the subject and the task at hand, not fuss with camera settings or optional feature configurations. Why is such a tool for the photographer exclusive to those whose pay grade is several stratospheric levels higher than mine? Can it really be that expensive to build a simpler camera without all the fluffy stuff? But I digress. I have no idea how Pentax can make a substantively better SLR. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
