From: Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com
I should add, following the line of thought, that any/every camera is
capable in the hands of one who knows how to best use it.
That's half-true, at best. My Nikon P7100 just isn't good for low-light
photography (although it's considerably better than my
That's half-true, at best. My Nikon P7100 just isn't good for low-light
photography (although it's considerably better than my previous Canon
A710). Similarly, no camera is good if you hate to use it (you can argue
that it's capable, I suppose, but that smells of wrong question).
Really?
Well said. I'm in about the same place. I still shoot professionally but the
bulk of my shooting is for personal enjoyment. The K-5 and DA* lenses are
completely capable of providing top quality newspaper and magazine work, and
some of my primes, like the K85/1.8 and FA 35/2 are a lot of fun.
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013, Mark C wrote:
I am hoping that we see something out of Pentax - Ricoh that tells
us that they are serious about the K-AF mount and it's corresponding
glass. I really don't care if they lag the market regarding FF dslr,
but let's face it - the day is not far off when FF
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013, Tom C wrote:
From: Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com
I should add, following the line of thought, that any/every camera is
capable in the hands of one who knows how to best use it.
That's half-true, at best. My Nikon P7100 just isn't good for low-light
photography (although
Quoting Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com:
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013, Mark C wrote:
I am hoping that we see something out of Pentax - Ricoh that tells
us that they are serious about the K-AF mount and it's corresponding
glass. I really don't care if they lag the market regarding FF dslr,
but let's face
On 14/04/2013 12:14 AM, Tom C wrote:
That's half-true, at best. My Nikon P7100 just isn't good for low-light
photography (although it's considerably better than my previous Canon
A710). Similarly, no camera is good if you hate to use it (you can argue
that it's capable, I suppose, but that
On 14/04/2013 5:46 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013, Mark C wrote:
I am hoping that we see something out of Pentax - Ricoh that tells
us that they are serious about the K-AF mount and it's corresponding
glass. I really don't care if they lag the market regarding FF dslr,
but let's
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
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013, Brian Walters wrote:
Quoting Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com:
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013, Mark C wrote:
I am hoping that we see something out of Pentax - Ricoh that tells
us that they are serious about the K-AF mount and it's corresponding
glass. I really don't care if they lag the
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013, DagT wrote:
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
This post was too long to go through, so trimmed Cotty's quoted material.
I have a hard time recounting my personal history re cameras, because I
sort of forget it. I remember the names of the Canons I've had (mostly), but
not the Pentaxes (because I am with Canon now is probably the
Case in point...
I have the K-01 with me all the time in the car
I'm still having trouble getting used to the 'NO VIEWFINDER.'
This makes me put it away faster/sooner and stop shooting.
Not really a good thing. I'm trying to adjust, but...
Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Bill
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Case in point...
I have the K-01 with me all the time in the car
I'm still having trouble getting used to the 'NO VIEWFINDER.'
This makes me put it away faster/sooner and stop shooting.
Not really a good thing. I'm trying to adjust, but...
The
From: Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com
On 14/04/2013 12:14 AM, Tom C wrote:
That's half-true, at best. My Nikon P7100 just isn't good for low-light
photography (although it's considerably better than my previous Canon
A710). Similarly, no camera is good if you hate to use it (you can argue
Might as well cut out the middle-man by just standing in a cold shower
tearing up hundred dollar bills
From: David Parsons
Because the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
I know a guy that went from Pentax, to Canon, to Nikon, to Sony, to
Canon. In the space of a year.
I must have missed the bit where you told about butchering innocent
Pentax lenses to fit Canon. I don't see switching brands as a joyful thing.
It's just a pain in the nether regions, like getting a baseball bat enema!
But I've grown old waiting for Pentax's MZ-D, and I don't think I can
Some cameras rise above their ergonomics. The Kodak Medalist, is a
beast, though not that much bigger and heavier than a K20D, and by
modern, (say post 1950), standards quirky to say the least, but what
limits my shooting with it is available film. The damned stuff is
getting expensive, (and
On Apr 14, 2013, at 6:08 AM, DagT wrote:
14. apr. 2013 kl. 01:20 skrev Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com:
On 13/04/2013 7:38 AM, George Sinos wrote:
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
When word of the Fuji X100 first broke, I knew I wanted one. Not out of
some displeasure with Pentax, but because it's a camera that fits what I
like to do. It's smallish, has a great FOV, and the files it produces
are gorgeous.
Now that I have one, I have truly enjoyed using it, even when it
On 13/4/13, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:
Why have we never gotten together for a beer?
Would you bring your wife?
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On 14/4/13, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed:
I must have missed the bit where you told about butchering innocent
Pentax lenses to fit Canon. I don't see switching brands as a joyful thing.
True - I skipped over that -but call it an aberration if you like. Gotta
get my kicks somewhere
I tell you what, if I suddenly had a career change and decided to become
Jostein and try and make a living in the wilds of the Northern Russian
Forrests chasing Kazak Vildebeests et al, I would have no hesitation in
acquiring a couple of 645D bodies and a set of glass. Older glass too.
Real glass.
On Apr 14, 2013, at 09:08 , John Sessoms wrote:
I must have missed the bit where you told about butchering innocent Pentax
lenses to fit Canon. I don't see switching brands as a joyful thing.
It's just a pain in the nether regions, like getting a baseball bat enema!
There are many of us
Quoting Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com:
Spoken from the fingers of someone who just dropped over $1500 on a
complete Q kit with flash, ring flash, Auto-110 adaptor, and
Pentax's super over priced K-mount adaptor. First impressions?
Auto-110 lenses, the 70mm and 20-40mm, used with the
On 14/04/2013 2:32 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 13/4/13, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:
Why have we never gotten together for a beer?
Would you bring your wife?
I 'd have to think about that.
bill
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On Apr 14, 2013, at 14:39 , Brian Walters wrote:
Spoken from the fingers of someone who just dropped over $1500 on a complete
Q kit with flash, ring flash, Auto-110 adaptor, and Pentax's super over
priced K-mount adaptor. First impressions? Auto-110 lenses, the 70mm and
20-40mm, used with
...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
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
At 8:38 AM -0500 4/13/13, 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.
Thom
On 13 Apr 2013, at 14:38, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote:
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
There have always been defections on this list. Yes, they do seem to have
increased, but for a long time Pentax was not producing new cameras fast
enough, then they were not producing very many new zooms. That finally
changed, although it took a while, and things have improved and now they
For me, yes it was the lack of a FF body, combined with the vast gulf
between the D800's and the Pentax line last year. I've been yearning
for a FF body at least since the Canon 5D, if not from the day I
unboxed the *ist D. That, combined with the general recognition that
Pentax has been
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
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
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
Okay. Would you disagree with my statement that SLRs differed more than
DSLRs now seem to do?
Marnie aka Doe :-) (I missed your rant because, generally, I don't read
what seem to be Pentax-gear-oriented threads anymore. The only ones I read
are when new gear is announced, just out of
On Apr 13, 2013, at 6:38 AM, George Sinos wrote:
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?
There are several things going on here.
we've seen in the auto industry.
Cars use to come out every 4 to 6 years with new models, now if the car
design is 3 years old, its old.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: eactiv...@aol.com
Subject: Re: Multiple Brands or Switching
Because the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
I know a guy that went from Pentax, to Canon, to Nikon, to Sony, to
Canon. In the space of a year. His pictures didn't change much
between systems, but he seemed to enjoy the process of changing gear.
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at
Can only chip in here with some random thoughts from my own personal
perspective.
I used Pentax film camera gear extensively from 1978 onwards. My first
MX in 1980 was my proudest moment in gear - and it extended to my
photography as I explored new lenses and techniques. I can truly say
that that
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
On 13/4/13, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:
None of these are
really quantifiable things. It's like porn, you can't identify it, but
you know it when you see it.
I hear you brother.
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On 13/04/2013 5:25 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 13/4/13, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:
None of these are
really quantifiable things. It's like porn, you can't identify it, but
you know it when you see it.
I hear you brother.
Why have we never gotten together for a beer?
bill
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From: Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com
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
I should add, following the line of thought, that any/every camera is
capable in the hands of one who knows how to best use it.
The NEX line was a better choice for my son because he most likely
will use it in a PS mode, but it has capabilities beyond, and I
already have a number of lenses and
I still really like my K-5 and if I were advising someone which SLR to
buy, I’d say the Pentaxes are hard to beat for price-performance, as
long as you don’t really need the FF, which I suspect not that many
really do.
Except for, I wouldn’t advise people to buy an SLR these days,
mirrorless
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013, Tom C wrote:
I should add, following the line of thought, that any/every camera is
capable in the hands of one who knows how to best use it.
That's half-true, at best. My Nikon P7100 just isn't good for low-light
photography (although it's considerably better than my
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
Okay. Would you disagree with my statement that SLRs differed more than
DSLRs now seem to do?
Probably. ;-) Especially if you include mirrorless in the DSLR
category.
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Pentax has gone through a lot of changes in the last decade. In the late
90's Pentax offered a lens lineup that was easily on par with Canon and
Nikon and offered a lot of specialty items. On the long end - 600mm f4,
400mm f2.8, 300mm f2.8, 400mm f5.6 - and short end - 15mm, 20mm
autofocus and
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