Re: PENTAX K-m - Nice camera or what?

2008-09-24 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just what we need. PDML soccer moms. I put a pic of my kid in my .sig and now I can't send mail to the list. What's going on? Me, too! Me, too!!! AOL! This forum sucks. Me, to You're going

Re: PENTAX K-m - Nice camera or what?

2008-09-23 Thread Toralf Lund
John Celio wrote: I think nice really hits the nail on the head with regards to this new camera. It's going to be perfect for people who want simplicity and nice photos. Quite possibly. There are still a couple of lines in the spec I don't like in that respect, though: Preview

Re: PENTAX K-m - Nice camera or what?

2008-09-23 Thread Thibouille
Of course we know what you mean, but this is rather typical from higher end bodies to habe loads of button for specific functions... K10D/K20D or excellent examples of just that (even if they are not perfect of course). K-m/K2000 is targeted to a vastly different market however. Condering only

Re: PENTAX K-m - Nice camera or what?

2008-09-23 Thread Toralf Lund
Thibouille wrote: Of course we know what you mean, but this is rather typical from higher end bodies to habe loads of button for specific functions... K10D/K20D or excellent examples of just that (even if they are not perfect of course). K-m/K2000 is targeted to a vastly different market

PENTAX K-m - Nice camera or what?

2008-09-22 Thread Bertil Holmberg
Pentax calls it small and kantan, kirei, omoshiroi, tanomoshii, tanoshii and anshin. Simple, pretty, interesting, reliable, fun and restful for the mind. Cute adjectives aside, I think you can safely call it nice, at least in the words of Pentax. If I am not all together wrong, it should

Re: PENTAX K-m - Nice camera or what?

2008-09-22 Thread Adam Maas
The body's actually a fair bit smaller than a DS. The K-m is the smallest DSLR currently announced or available, being the same size or smaller than a Oly E-420 in the two dimensions that matter (depth is controlled by the mounted lens and so the E-420's smaller depth measurement is irrelevant. A

RE: PENTAX K-m - Nice camera or what?

2008-09-22 Thread John Celio
I think nice really hits the nail on the head with regards to this new camera. It's going to be perfect for people who want simplicity and nice photos. Despite all the grumbling from people who say Pentax needs a high-end camera, this sort of thing is what Pentax REALLY needs: a small,

Re: PENTAX K-m - Nice camera or what?

2008-09-22 Thread Adam Maas
John, I'd tend to agree, with the caveat that Pentax really needs BOTH the flagship and the low-end model. The latter comes first, which is why replacing the K100D Super with the K200D was a near-disaster for Pentax since it removed them nearly completely from the low-end market (due to both the

Re: PENTAX K-m - Nice camera or what?

2008-09-22 Thread Scott Loveless
John Celio wrote: Despite all the grumbling from people who say Pentax needs a high-end camera, this sort of thing is what Pentax REALLY needs: a small, affordable, entry-level camera with simple controls and features so that Mrs. Soccer Mom can pick it up and photograph her kids. Just what

Re: PENTAX K-m - Nice camera or what?

2008-09-22 Thread Tim Bray
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The body's actually a fair bit smaller than a DS. The K-m is the smallest DSLR currently announced or available, being the same size or smaller than a Oly E-420 in the two dimensions that matter (depth is controlled by the

Re: PENTAX K-m - Nice camera or what?

2008-09-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Scott Loveless wrote: John Celio wrote: Despite all the grumbling from people who say Pentax needs a high-end camera, this sort of thing is what Pentax REALLY needs: a small, affordable, entry-level camera with simple controls and features so that Mrs. Soccer Mom can pick it up and photograph

Re: PENTAX K-m - Nice camera or what?

2008-09-22 Thread P. J. Alling
Mark Roberts wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: John Celio wrote: Despite all the grumbling from people who say Pentax needs a high-end camera, this sort of thing is what Pentax REALLY needs: a small, affordable, entry-level camera with simple controls and features so that Mrs. Soccer

RE: PENTAX K-m - Nice camera or what?

2008-09-22 Thread Bertil Holmberg
Despite all the grumbling from people who say Pentax needs a high-end camera, this sort of thing is what Pentax REALLY needs: a small, affordable, entry-level camera with simple controls and features so that Mrs. Soccer Mom can pick it up and photograph her kids. It sounds as if you had

Re: PENTAX K-m - Nice camera or what?

2008-09-22 Thread Christine Aguila
John: I absolutely love the portrait of the little girl with the pull toy. Great one there. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S.: for the curious, here are some of my photos from the new Academy, most shot with a D-FA 100 on my K10D: