On Saturday 08 January 2005 23:32, John Celio wrote:
> > Without USM and IS like technology, I am afraid nothing Pentax could do
> > to impress
> > high end 135 users.
>
> I hate to say it, but I agree. Pentax needs something to really set it
> apart from the other guys. Consistantly making smallest-in-their-class
> cameras isn't enough for serious photographers.
I recently had dinner with a friend of mine who's a reasonably serious
photographer. He's a Canon EOS 10D user who'd wanted to have a look at the
DS since I'd gotten it.
His first reaction when I pulled it out of the camera bag was priceless:
"WOW," he said, as his eyes popped. "That's TINY." We put it side-by-side
with his 10D, and it was almost comical; the 10D looked like a gorilla
compared to the DS.
[A non-photographer friend of ours, also at the same dinner table, cooed right
as I pulled out the DS: "What a cute camera!"]
I handed him the camera and immediately he started playing with it. His
observations: The viewfinder was far nicer. He had a hard time going back
to the Canon's. The controls were far better placed. And boy was it small!
verdict: "If I wasn't already so heavily invested in Canon glass, I'd get
this." ("heavily invested," here means that the total value of his lenses is
easily in excess of the value of his car. Admittedly, he drives a very
well-used car, but for someone who isn't paying his bills with the
photography, it's an awful lot).
I wish the DS were more universally available, though....
-Luigi
