14. apr. 2013 kl. 01:20 skrev Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com>: > On 13/04/2013 7:38 AM, George Sinos wrote: >> 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. > I'm pretty uncertain about changing brands unless the brand you are changing > to just plain does what you want it to be good for better, or at least better > enough. > > I want a camera with a fast standard lens, it's something I have long > complained about with Pentax digital. I don't want to carry around a massive > camera, so for me the full frame DSLR offerings aren't so good. > I'm also somewhat of a lens junkie, and I look for certain qualities in an > image such as soft bokeh, but also high apparent sharpness and what I can > only describe as smoothness and a sense of depth. None of these are really > quantifiable things. It's like porn, you can't identify it, but you know it > when you see it. > It's the lens qualities that brought me to Pentax in the first place. > > So, I want a camera with a fast standard lens, I want something that is > fairly compact, and I want certain lens qualities that I have to see to know. > I feel quite fortunate that the Fuji X-Pro1 and the 35/1.4 standard lens fits > that description.
I can agree with you there, except that I would like a fast wide angle instead of a standard. I bought the Fuji x100 some months ago when I needed an extra camera and decided to try something different. I love it, even though the EVF ias good as the later models. In my view the Fuji system does compete with the Pentax DA Limited lenses providing a good, compact, system and I am tempted to sell them and get the X-Pro with 18mm f/2, 35mm f/1.4 and 60mm f/2.4. On the other hand Pentax does compete in other areas such as speed, weather sealing and stabilization (as well as telephoto for those interested in that area). So I think the Fuji system would be a supplement, not an alternative, to a Pentax system. I would probably keep the DA*-lenses, the FA31 and buy some update of K-5. So I would have multiple brands. DagT -- 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.
