I've got nothing against Nikon, I was just wondering if Ricoh/Pentax
showed at the CES this year?
On 1/7/2016 8:53 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
Nikon has lots of adherents and spends lots of advertising dollars, so
it is not surprising that whatever Nikon rolls out gets lots of
attention. Also, blogs and photosites are beasts that need to be fed,
so ANY photographic new is grist for the mill, particularly when it is
from one of the Big Dogs.
However, these announcements hold very little interest for me. I don't
own Nikon mount glass (other than a couple of older screw-AF Nikkors
that I plan to sell, a 50mm f1.8 and a 70-210mm f/4-5.6. Oh, and an
old AI 135mm manual focus). The only people who really might have more
than a passing interest are those who can afford to sell everything in
one mount and reinvest in another (and that certainly isn't me).
I remain quite pleased with the current Pentax offerings (frankly,
anything since the K-5 remains a superb choice for virtually ANY photo
enthusiast). Cameras are like automobiles in some respects. If one
wants to focus on what one doesn't have or can't afford (like a
Lamborghini or Bugatti (then one can go through their whole life
unhappy and envious).
I'm at the point where I would really only LIKE another one or two
lenses (the DA* 200mm f/2.8 and a fast Rokinon ultrawide -either 14mm
or 16mm) and I really couldn't ask for much more. I'm ready to turn my
attention to trips and taking photos more than acquiring gear.
So "bully for Nikon". There will always be a "later & greater" but I
have more than I can reasonably use now. In any event, even these
latest Nikons don't have things I currently enjoy with the K-3 II,
like in-body image stabilization (with even vintage lenses on front),
and things like no AA filter/microblur AA, and built-in AstroTrack.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 6:18 PM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote:
Did Ricoh/Pentax even show up for this year's CES?
On 1/6/2016 9:34 AM, P.J. Alling wrote:
So I expect that all of you have been made aware one way or another of
the Nikon D5 and D500 cameras. Pretty much every electronics site that
it's my misfortune to belong to has sent me an announcement.
The specifications are quite impressive.
There's been a bit of noise on various Nikon fora in the past that the
K-5 and later the K-3 cameras had taken the mantle of the Nikon D300s as
the Top enthusiast/semi pro APS-C camera body. Seems that after
literally years of begging, by Nikon fanboys for a new D300s Nikon has
decided to reclaim that mantle.
I could be wrong but it looks like Nikon really does pay attention to
Pentax.
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