[I really should resist the urge, but alas I cannot ...]
On 11-10-06 5:47 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
It's interesting to see what Hoya has done for Pentax:
They've taken them from mediocre sensors (K10/K20/K7) to good ones
(K-x, K-r, K-5)
By what measure do you assert that the K10/K20/K7 sensors are
_mediocre_? Because they don't measure up to the K-5? In that case
*all* APS-C sensors in all cameras from all manufacturers that predate
the K-5 are mediocre. No? Then compared to the then-current competitive
sensors? When the K20D arrived, it was widely praised for the quality
of its sensor. Crusty old Mike Johnson was moved to actually purchase
one for himself, and he's hard to please. In every way it's the IQ
equivalent of its contemporary the Nikon D90, an excellent camera and
quite likely Nikon's best selling APS-C body.
Keeping up with the state of the art is not mediocre. Pushing up the
state of the art, as the K-5 did, could be called outstanding.
I only draw this out because encountering that first flawed assertion
makes me disinclined to read the rest, which as it turns out I agree with.
They finally brought out the 645D. It seems to be such a good camera
that everyone who has one spends all of their time taking pictures
rather than hanging out on PDML.
They brought out the K-5 which is a no-apologies APS sensor DSL.
They brought out the Q, which seems to amaze everyone with its build
quality, image quality and ergonomics.
Then they sold the company to Ricoh, who actually seems to care about
the digital camera market.
So what are we to conclude?
Maybe we can expect some really earth-shattering improvements and
announcements from Pentax/Ricoh.
(I still can't believe they called it the Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company.
Didn't one single exec pronounce the acronym out loud?)
-bmw
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