Re: Marc Newson becomes Apple employee

2014-09-07 Thread John
New glasses won't fix motion blur. On 9/6/2014 10:54 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: You might try a revised set of glasses. I have no problem working with an LCD as viewfinder for certain kinds of shooting. That said, I was interested in the K-01 as a vehicle for a minimum 2-lens system (FA43/1.9

Re: Marc Newson becomes Apple employee

2014-09-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
Depends what you pour into them B On 7 Sep 2014, at 20:05, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: New glasses won't fix motion blur. On 9/6/2014 10:54 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: You might try a revised set of glasses. I have no problem working with an LCD as viewfinder for certain kinds

Re: Marc Newson becomes Apple employee

2014-09-07 Thread P.J. Alling
As long as it's above 90° proof, the details are generally unimportant. On 9/7/2014 4:16 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: Depends what you pour into them B On 7 Sep 2014, at 20:05, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: New glasses won't fix motion blur. On 9/6/2014 10:54 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: You

Re: Marc Newson becomes Apple employee

2014-09-06 Thread John
He may be happy there's no viewfinder, but when I try to hold a camera out where I can see that 3 LCD screen, my hands shake it's too blurry to use anyway. I think it could have been a good (i.e. usable) design if they'd just offered an optional EVF to attach to the hot-shoe. I might even

Re: Marc Newson becomes Apple employee

2014-09-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
You might try a revised set of glasses. I have no problem working with an LCD as viewfinder for certain kinds of shooting. That said, I was interested in the K-01 as a vehicle for a minimum 2-lens system (FA43/1.9 and DA21/3.2 Limited, my last and favorite Pentax lenses...) but wanted an eye

Re: Marc Newson becomes Apple employee

2014-09-06 Thread Bill
On 05/09/2014 7:34 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: The K-01 was rightfully laughed at by photographers while at the same time was praised in other circles and even won a design award. The K-01 was/is a capable enough camera. Inside, it's just a somewhat downgraded K-5 with the viewfinder stripped off.

Re: Marc Newson becomes Apple employee

2014-09-06 Thread P.J. Alling
Actually it's a downgraded K-30 which was a related but different beast than the K-5. The downfall of the K-01 was it's cheapness, they reused as much of the hardware from the K-r, and some of the electronics from the upcoming K-30 with a smaller buffer, or maybe the same buffer size as the

Re: Marc Newson becomes Apple employee

2014-09-06 Thread Zos Xavius
I think that sums it up pretty well. They didn't even really try. The K-01 was just another me too product that was thrown together as cheaply and with as little investment as possible. On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 12:10 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Actually it's a downgraded K-30

Re: Marc Newson becomes Apple employee

2014-09-06 Thread steve harley
on 2014-09-06 8:56 Bill wrote I do fear for things like the Iphone, iPad, etc becoming ergonomic nightmares in the name of styling at Newsons hands. that sums up my concern, though i wouldn't quite expect a nightmare; i'd worry Newson might bring incrementally less focus on user experience as

Re: Marc Newson becomes Apple employee

2014-09-05 Thread P.J. Alling
Marc is one of the most influential designers of his generation, So influential that he managed to kill an entire line of Pentax products before it was effectively born. A lot of manufactures copy if not the actual product, the zeitgeist of Apple products, pretty much every smart phone looks

Re: Marc Newson becomes Apple employee

2014-09-05 Thread Zos Xavius
The K-01 was rightfully laughed at by photographers while at the same time was praised in other circles and even won a design award. First and foremost I should speak about the design. Marc Newson has done an astounding job with shape and feeling of the K-01. You may have seen photos of the