"Especially now that we are in the age of digital, and a lot of DSLRs are more similar than SLRs once were. "
I realized after I wrote that, that I sort of agree with what you quoted from Hogan. Which got me thinking a little deeper. The touchy-feely part of a Pentax camera: where the buttons are, easy of manual use (finger placement and movement), green button -- that a lot have liked on this list, a lot of the reason for Pentax loyalty, was probably a lot more important in a film camera. Now there is a lot of digital feedback rather than just manual feedback, so the touchy-feely part may have become much less important for some. Hmmm, how to put this? Before, SLR camera use was more physical/viscerial, and now, with DSLRs, camera use is really more mental/cyber-spaced. AND DSLRs do very similar things and have very similar features now. SLRs differed more. For instance, all have menus on the LCD, etc., etc. etc. I started in PDML in about 2000-2001 too, and switched between Pentax and Canon film and digital cameras, and that has been my experience, that SLRs differed more. And that the touchy-feely part doesn't matter very much to me now. Anyway, those are my broad, sweeping generalizations, if clear. HTH, Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/13/2013 6:39:06 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, gsi...@gmail.com writes: I think I subscribed to PDML in 2000 or 2001. It seems like the last couple of years, and especially the last few months the topic of other brands supplementing Pentax gear or just plain switching to other brands has significantly increased. Thom Hogan started a series called "How to Choose a Camera (Intro with Homework)" on <www.bythom.com> He starts with this: "...at this point in the digital era, almost all cameras are highly competent. At the DSLR level, image quality even with the entry models surpasses what most people could have gotten from film SLRs (assuming you understand the camera, what it can actually do, and how to make it perform optimally). As I've written for a number of years now about all DSLRs: if you can't get a good-looking image at the largest size a desktop inkjet printer can create (13x19"), it isn't the camera that's the problem. Assuming your DSLR is not broken, it will be your decisions and your handling of the camera that are the gatekeepers on image quality these days." I don't disagree with him. If this is the case why so much talk of switching and other brands? Is it really all due to the lack of a full frame body? Is the increased talk of other brands really a trend or my imagination? GS George Sinos -------------------- www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com -- 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. -- 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.
