Artur wrote: "Remember - it's all about taking pictures after all... If I come to any other conclusion, I'l let you know:)"
Well said Artur. Like I mentioned earlier, unless the latest and the greatest can improve your photography immensely, then??? --- Artur_Led�chowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Jansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: WHY PENTAX? WAS: Re: Pentax <--> Canon > > > > From the exchange of e-mails below from Roland & > Alan, > > why are we using Pentax?????? > > I've been thinking of it for quite a while. So far > I've come to two basic > conclusions: > - the backward compatibility has always been the > most important Pentax > feature for me. I love the idea because it allows me > to use various > 3rd-party "weird" lenses like 20mm, 16mm Fisheye, > 35mm shift, > bellows/extension tubes etc that have the basic > version of the K-mount and > so are cheap enough for me. I simply cannot afford > the respective Pentax > orginal products... I also love the idea of using > the same lenses (i.e. ONE > set of lenses) with my Z-1p and SuperA, as I carry > both of them with me > almost every time. All of the above constitute the > reason of my fear of the > possibility of abandoning the backward compatibility > by Pentax (I'm > reffering now, of course, to the rumours of the > *ist) > - as I'm not a pro, I simply don't need, not to > mention can't afford, > features like USM, IS etc... AF is a device that is > supposed to > automatically focus a lens and the Pentax AF is good > enough for me in doing > its job - it's fast and sensitive and I can switch > to the manual focusing if > the AF is too loud. And because I always use central > sensors (or array of > sensors like in MZ-5n etc), I don't need zounds of > sensors placed across the > whole image field. I also believe that more metering > segments doesn't > necessary mean better exposure metering. I consider > the both 6- and > 8-segment matrixes by Pentax to be very good and > don't need any 45-segment > matrix or something... > > Regards > Artur > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com
