Prettiest/Ugliest Pentax Equipment (was RE: New Sony)
Hi Thibouille I share your taste with the SFX series but to be fair, these ugly bodies have served me very well over the last years. Maybe it was it's look and size and weight that made them unwanted and available very cheap second hand. But the SFXn has some inner qualities. If we talk about ugliness, I strongly vote for the F-series lenses, I really hate how they look and feel. The most beautiful lenses must be some of the M42 Takumar series, I vote for the SMC 85mm 1.8! greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Thibouille Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 9:03 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: New Sony No way Ken, not a Z1P. I wouldn't call it a pretty camera but noway is it ugly. I'd vote for A3000 or SFX, not sure. We should make a poll: prettiest and ugliest Pentax camera :) 2007/3/9, K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 3/08/07 6:43 PM, K.Takeshita, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are not the only one who thinks so, of course. Why do you think others won't think that way? What's wrong in chatting about the shape or anything else. BTW, the ugliest camera I encountered so far (at the time) was PZ-1p but it gave me what I wanted and I loved it. Even though we joke around what looks to be an old style pentaprism in steroid of Sony's mockup, I am sure anyone in this list would pick it up if it offers what he wants. So, please.. :-). Ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Prettiest/Ugliest Pentax Equipment (was RE: New Sony)
There seems to be an almost lovely clunky functionality to the SFX series now -- they seem so wedded to their time, a late-1980s, funky LCD-and-switches style. I initially thought the PZ-1/PZ-1p series were ugly bulbous plastic blobs but I later came to love their form factor, ergonomics and size -- and this is from someone who has a huge appreciation for the older Pentaxes as well, from the SV through the K series, LX and Super A. I just consider the more modern bodies a different animal. Joe Hi Thibouille I share your taste with the SFX series but to be fair, these ugly bodies have served me very well over the last years. Maybe it was it's look and size and weight that made them unwanted and available very cheap second hand. But the SFXn has some inner qualities. If we talk about ugliness, I strongly vote for the F-series lenses, I really hate how they look and feel. The most beautiful lenses must be some of the M42 Takumar series, I vote for the SMC 85mm 1.8! greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Thibouille Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 9:03 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: New Sony No way Ken, not a Z1P. I wouldn't call it a pretty camera but noway is it ugly. I'd vote for A3000 or SFX, not sure. We should make a poll: prettiest and ugliest Pentax camera :) 2007/3/9, K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 3/08/07 6:43 PM, K.Takeshita, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are not the only one who thinks so, of course. Why do you think others won't think that way? What's wrong in chatting about the shape or anything else. BTW, the ugliest camera I encountered so far (at the time) was PZ-1p but it gave me what I wanted and I loved it. Even though we joke around what looks to be an old style pentaprism in steroid of Sony's mockup, I am sure anyone in this list would pick it up if it offers what he wants. So, please.. :-). Ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Prettiest/Ugliest Pentax Equipment (was RE: New Sony)
The prettiest camera pentax ever made by far was the first spotmatic in black (without the ugly hot shoe every camera since about '75 now has). The damn thing ought to be in a museum of fine art for it's sculpture. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Markus Maurer Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 10:12 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Prettiest/Ugliest Pentax Equipment (was RE: New Sony) Hi Thibouille I share your taste with the SFX series but to be fair, these ugly bodies have served me very well over the last years. Maybe it was it's look and size and weight that made them unwanted and available very cheap second hand. But the SFXn has some inner qualities. If we talk about ugliness, I strongly vote for the F-series lenses, I really hate how they look and feel. The most beautiful lenses must be some of the M42 Takumar series, I vote for the SMC 85mm 1.8! greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Thibouille Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 9:03 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: New Sony No way Ken, not a Z1P. I wouldn't call it a pretty camera but noway is it ugly. I'd vote for A3000 or SFX, not sure. We should make a poll: prettiest and ugliest Pentax camera :) 2007/3/9, K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 3/08/07 6:43 PM, K.Takeshita, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are not the only one who thinks so, of course. Why do you think others won't think that way? What's wrong in chatting about the shape or anything else. BTW, the ugliest camera I encountered so far (at the time) was PZ-1p but it gave me what I wanted and I loved it. Even though we joke around what looks to be an old style pentaprism in steroid of Sony's mockup, I am sure anyone in this list would pick it up if it offers what he wants. So, please.. :-). Ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
