I think the only thing that would make me buy one is if they stopped tanking the 16x24 format seriously, and stopped the K-5 type camera. And then I might as well jump to something else, like Fujifilm X.
The files I get from K-5 are big enough, ISO are good enough, DOF is suffiently shallow and I like the compact camera and lenses. My old A* lenses work well. So why would I want a larger camera and more expensive lenses? DagT Sendt fra min iPad Den 7. feb. 2013 kl. 12:28 skrev "Steve Cottrell" <co...@seeingeye.tv>: > I mean, aside from the obvious reasons like, bigger sensor, better image > quality, better use with lenses designed to work with a 36X24mm frame, > better lighting, better heating, better sewer systems, the roads (yes we > can't forget the roads).... > > Back in 2000, this camera came onto the scene: > > <http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canond30> > > and at the time, I was toting both the LX and the MX along with various > lenses and stuff. It was the first really 'affordable' DSLR and had I > not prevaricated for many months, I would have had one there and then. > Instead I waited to see what might be coming from Pentax - and so I > waited and waited. And nothing came. > > And so in 2002, this came out: > > <http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneosd60> > > and I could wait no longer. I jumped. > > It was made of creaky plastic and it felt not a patch on the quality > metal construction of the MX and LX, but shooting with it was amazing. > No film! It was about £2000 GBP at the time and the premium paid over > and above a comparative film camera would have kept me in FP4 for years. > But it was digital and it was instant - I had a grin that lasted weeks. > > I had the D60 for a while, but longed for better build quality and > features - exactly what I found in the 1D mark II (aps-h...1.3X crop). > That was a camera that fully met (and exceeded) all expectations. If I'd > stayed in the game of carrying a big system about with me, i would have > without doubt moved onto a 1Ds (full frame). > > As it is, I sold up when times were hard, and in fact didn't really miss > it all. > > My son has a 1DmIIn and some lenses, and good luck to him. Nice to play > with for a while, and I still mount a Pentax lens on it now and again if > I need to do some portraits, but I'm happier with my lil Fuji. > > So what if Pentax brings out a FF camera - would I jump? i might...but why?? > > Well, the answer will probably surprise you and some will ridicule. It > has to do with a certain lens... > > I still have my A*85/1.4 and I long for the time I can mount it to a > proper 36X24 Pentax body - simple as that. I'd be more than happy with > just that lens attached the whole time - and just for portraits. Daft innit! > > But there you go - that's the way it is. So much for the photographic > tools theory. I keep a lens that waits for the right body to come along. > Who'da thought it. > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, > || (O) | Web Video Producion > ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> > _____________________________ > > > > -- > 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.
