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From: "Bolo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: A great body ... too bad it is not by Pentax
> > > Yikes! This is the kind of vitality and innovation that I
would
> > > hope to see in a body from Pentax. I hope Pentax does
something
> > > soon. The MZ-S seems to be way behind the power curve.
> >
> > What exactly is so innovating aboutN1? Or are you using Bill
Gates'
> > definition of the word? All the things you've mentioned have
been
> > done before, and at much lower cost. But that's just me.
Others
> > may find an SLR with 2 slow zooms irresistable for $4000.
>
> Those are the kind of features I would like to see on a body from
> anyone! Even more so if it were a company with an extensive lens
> lineup such as Pentax or Nikon. Especially at that price level,
> just a bit dollars more than the cost of a PZ-1p when it was new!
>
> A decent back that prints exposure info between frames. A digital
> preview so you can see what you are going to be recording on film.
> Interchangeable focus screens so you can have focus aids that the
> user wants. Conventional, simple controls. All those things
have
> been done before. But not in an affordable "advanced amateur" or
> "semi-professional" body. The closest I've seen to this point is
> the Nikon F4, and its accesories ... a clearly professional line.
> A 4+ year old used F4 body runs as much as a *new* N1. And even
> Nikon doesn't have a digital preview in an SLR.
I too think that a back that prints exposure info and is an
intervalometer to boot, is very useful. WRT the digital preview
viewfinder, only time will tell if this is at all useful. All it is
a tiny CCD that hooks up to the viewfinder. Contax suggests that
this will allow for remote photography, but there doesn't seem to be
any way to remotely control camera functions. To me this sounds
like a gimmick destined for ebay. All of its other features are
relatively common place in cameras costing much less.
> I'm not going to buy an N1. I have pentax lenses. I want pentax
> to make a decent body with features something like the N1 has.
> Not another lame body that drifts farther and farther away from
the
> basic capabilites that I want, and that all other manufacturers
seem
> to provide at some level. Every time I get another Pentax lens
I
> always debate with myself. The debate is whether I should
continue
> with Pentax, or switch to another manufacturer who is actually
> introducing new bodies that are capable, or retaining and/or
upgrading
> the older capable bodies. I wait for some sign from Pentax that
> they are going to turn around and make higher end equipment again.
> Something like an LX. Something that is a step beyond the PZ-1p.
> Instead they go the other way.
There is no point fixating on camera bodies. The body is just a
light-tight box that can make accurate exposure. All the bells and
whistles are fine, but they shouldn't be an end in themself. In
recent years, Pentax has filled out its lens line and produced
bodies that are capable of attracting entry-level users. Sure it'd
be nice to have a new body that had fancy options. But even without
one, I want to keep using Pentax because I like Pentax lenses. A
fancy camera with only 4 stratospherically priced lenses in the
system leaves me cold.
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