I don't usually get vituperative but this is the purest nonsense I've read even in this list for a long time - maybe since the glory days of 'The Who'. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cameron Hood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 11:17 AM Subject: Re: Position: *ist-D & D10
> I agree wholeheartedly with Pal; the thing is butt ugly, Pure subjective opinion - I and many others don't agree. > and that giant plastic knob sticking out on the top right is bound to be > problematic. It is going to snap off with the slightest provocation. Is > that supposed to be a retro design? What giant plastic knob? The dial or the on-off switch? What on earth makes you think it's going to snap off at the slightest provocation? Why should it be any more vulnerable than the knobs which are on every other camera from every other manufacturer? > More like it was the cheapest possible way to do it. And the gaps I can see in the chassis from the > pictures lead me to believe you won't want to get it the slightest bit > wet or dusty. The only signs of any gaps that I can see are the perfectly normal joins of the various modules, and _you_ have no more idea than I do of what the sealing behind them is like - it could be best practice, as Pentax have already demonstrated they are quite capable of achieving. > > They had a beautiful design with the MZ-S and its digital twin; > just stick a damn scroll wheel on the front for shutter speed and we > would have had a magnificent camera. Have you ever actually used the MZ-S? The shutter speeds are set with the main dial just under the shutter button, you don't need any other mechanism. > And I personally hate the assymetrical thing, a la Olympus, where the left hand side of the > camera is slowly getting smaller and smaller till eventually it is > going to disappear. Personally, I like symmetry in design, and the MZ-S > is or was a far better design than that butt ugly *ist series. And what > a stupid, pretentious name. That's why I like the look of the F5, even > if it is massive. Nothing to say about such subjectivity! . And this smallness thing does not impress me; I am North American male size; even some of the small switches on the PZ1-P > bug me, like the silly AF switch. The last thing I would want is for > them to be even smaller. How about easier to operate? > Are you saying that all NA males are as adept as Yogi Bear? ROTFLMAO <SNIP more crap>> > C. > You and others who are so prone to dismiss this camera before you even get to see it in the flesh should pull your heads in and wait until you can speak with some authority. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia (Dons protective headgear, but feels a whole lot better)
