On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Steven Desjardins <drd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am an amateur and my photography is there to let me play artist > and contribute to the family scrapbook. The latter is always good > enough with any of these cameras. My wife uses an Optio I-10 and > (annoyingly) seems to do as well as me. Noise just doesn’t bother me > very much so my high iso performance is more than adequate. The > biggest challenge for me is the limited dynamic range and I enjoy that > challenge. When I am taking pictures to please myself, I don’t mind > the limitations of the camera. Sure, I can delight in a new lens but > usually it’s a prime. My SOP is to go off with one prime and work > around it. I’ve recently realized that I’m a better adapter than a > chooser. I actually dislike having to pick from too many choices. I > find it much more satisfying to take a small camera and one prime and > try to make it work. I completely understand that a pro can’t do this > and when I’m asked to do weddings I show up with the K7, the flash and > the FA135, the DA 18-55, etc. Lately however, that stuff just sits in > the bag. I honestly think that if I had the money I would get a Q and > a few lenses rather than a K5. The Q system would be inferior for > every technical reason and it would get a lot more use. > Sorry for the manifesto but better here than going off topic in class. ;-)
Steve, I've certainly enjoyed my K-x and the baubles and trinkets that go along with it (my DA40, the kit lenses, a smattering of taks, a couple ms, and today a FA 50/2.8). But to be honest, its kind of a lot of clutter. Some people are already totally content with the quality of the smaller cameras. For me, I think in the next several years I will find my spot of contentment, too. And I'm looking forward to it. I look forward to having one compact camera I can pretty much bring with me everywhere and at the same time look forward to the decluttering of all these lenses and ancillary accessories. I keep thinking to myself: what a period of amazing technological growth we are living through, with really no end in sight. --------------------------- Sam -- 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.
