Darren, This video is a good precursor for what types of gear will be available 'down the road' sometime in the future. I'm happy about that. I might even buy a camera like the D800/E. But I'm not going to dump my Pentax lenses in the meantime. I've got lenses that are 20-30 years old and look great/deliver great pictures. On a 25 year time scale, the D800/E will soon be obsolete. I'm hoping Pentax can deliver, maybe a little late, but still deliver. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:08 AM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > That is a terrific video. It is pretty clear to me that the D800/E > represents a real sea change: Performance almost indistinguishable > from a medium format sensor in a body that costs 68% less than the > most affordable medium format digital camera. I've lost count of how > many people I've seen dumping their competing equipment (Craigslist, > etc.) who come right out and say they are switching to the D800/E. And > I'm not talking about only Pentax users, although you can see on > Pentax Forums marketplace that people are dumping all their 645 gear > and clearly selling every piece of Pentax equipment they own. > > I'm also seeing it from Canon owners (including their full frame > cameras). I don't know what Nikon's stock price is at the moment, but > they are going to have an exceedingly good next two or three years. > > Being just an enthusiast, I can't justify the switch and I'm quite > pleased take advantage of all the good Pentax stuff currently being > shoved on the market for my new K-5. But I have forwarded that video > and a serious recommendation that he consider switching from Canon to > my son-in-law. He has editors at National Geographic asking him to FT > PRAW files to them to pore over for possible inclusion in an upcoming > issue on Extreme Weather - and I think that any pro in a competitive > situation is going to be at a real disadvantage once the Nikon D800E > becomes ubiquitous among your "competition". > > -- > 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.
