Dario had one when we met in Ravenna. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia
-----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Wednesday, 25 January 2012 11:40 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: New Pentax EVIL rumor, with specs eI don't care how good the damned things imaging capabilities are if no one, (relatively speaking), buys it and Pentax Ricoh stops building K mount cameras and lenses. Hasn't Pentax done that already, except the Q is cute as a button. Except for WW I don't think any serious photographer has bought one. Well no one else on this list anyway. On 1/24/2012 6:26 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > On 1/24/2012 3:10 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> Just what the camera buying public wants a butt ugly interchangeable >> lens camera with no viewfinder... >> >> (Can somebody remind me why I stick with Pentax again?) > > Because they're a company willing to take risks on products that don't > just appeal to the lowest common denominator, and some of the things > they produce are cameras that appeal to you, even if they don't > necessarily appeal to Joe Sixpack? > > As for myself, I don't much care what the camera looks like, I mostly > care what the pictures I get from it look like. I already have a > camera with a great viewfinder, what I don't have is a camera with a > good sensor and live view that works well. If the body works with my > lenses, has performance on a par with the K-5, and gives me good > functionality with live view (i.e. not two seconds of shutter lag > while it changes modes three times), I might actually be interested in > it. > > If it's ugly, I hope I can just push that ugliness over the top and > get it in Hello Kitty pink. > -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- 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.
