My favorite second party camera is my iphone5. It's all I need in a compact camera. I've even done some work for the Times with it when circumstances required that.
Paul via phone On Sep 11, 2013, at 9:56 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > From all accounts the GXR is a very good camera system, but I don't > understand it (at all) and when you have something that is radically > different than everything else out there, the burden falls upon the > marketing department to make it clear. I look at the GXR modules on > Amazon and it is not clear to me what mounts they work with. If I come > to the GXR with K-mount lenses I want to put on it, which module do I > use? Do I need an adapter? What do I lose and what can I keep (A > metering, AF? ) No clue. When I look at "GXR mount A-12" for instance, > I have no idea what "A-12" stands for. Description says "Universal > mount handling Leica M lenses and more"? Really? "and more"? What > might the "and more" include? It's $500 and it isn't a lens. And it > isn't a body. Then I see A12 lenses like the 28mm f2.5 for $540. Do I > need the "GXR mount A-12" in addition to this? > > I have a very low tolerance for feeling stupid (funny, since I feel > that way most of the time) and products like this make me feel like > I'm back in DOS land and have to crack the manual for every little > thing or I get a "syntax error". Not that I'm actually looking at the > GXR, since I don't see how hit gains me a single thing over my K-5 ii. > But if this is an example of how Ricoh is going to lead Pentax > marketing to the Promised Land, let's just say I'm not holding my > breath. > > > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Aahz Maruch <a...@pobox.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013, John wrote: >>> >>> Every piece of Sony consumer electronics equipment I have ever owned >>> failed & had to be replaced exactly one day after the warranty expired. >> >> Timex bought Sony??? >> -- >> Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ >> <*> <*> <*> >> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > Nothing is sure but death and Pentaxes. > > -- > 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.
