Christine - There is a term used in the military and maybe other places: paralysis by analysis. So many choices, so much uncertainty, such high risks, and you can just grind yourself down trying to come up with THE best safest answer. The way out? Just buy the K-5 already and go out and enjoy it.
stan On Sep 19, 2011, at 8:17 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > So... I've been thinking more & more about stepping up to the k-5 > recently. In the interests of research, I wandered over to Pentax > Forums, just to see if there was any buzz, any good gossip, that might > influence my decision, or at least, timing. > > Well, I think that was a mistake. > > Down the rabbit-hole I went, for more precious weekend hours than I > care to admit. I got totally sucked in to the hand-wringing & > rumor-mongering & back and forthing over k-5 "issues". And what about > the the k-5 vs d7000 vs d700? Will there ever be a ff pentax > offering? Will it be mirrorless? What will ricoh do? Is there a > roadmap? New products this fall? Maybe in Feb, then? How about fall > 2012? Should we wait? Should we buy? Should we sell it all & move > to nikon? Can I get Hello Kitty on my next camera???? > > I know this is nothing new, but it's really the first time I ever > waded in this far. I think I may have PFOD'd. And now, I can't get > rid of the anxiety. Tell me it's gonna be ok... > > :) > -c > (Thanks for listening.) > > -- > 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. -- 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.
