Wow.. Calling a guy you dont know a mindless twit because of his opinion of an inanimate object. Such hostility.
I personally think his take on the istDs is great. If your view of a good camera is high speed flash synch or FPS or the ability to rent lens, or any number of specifics that the istDs does not deliver then the istDs really is an utter piece of crap compared to the D70. If you need a feature and any camera does not offer it, then discussion over. You dont need to actually use the camera. So his opinions are VERY valid. Now I personally could care less about those points and love the istDs so much that I am considering switching from Canon to Pentax for my digital SLR needs. And you know what.. His article has actually convinced me more that the Pentax is rite for me because of his honesty. I have a different OPINION than Ken, and different needs in a camera system so what does not work for him works for me. You however view your different opinion as indicating he is a mindless twit... again .. amazing. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The very premise of the piece is dishonesst. He > claims it's a test or a review, yet he hasn't even > touched it. He's just reading the press reviews and > regurgitating. He's a mindless twit. Get over it. > Paul > > > > It's amazing you call him dishonest for expressing > his > > opinion. Please search his article and find one > > factual error. And I mean a factual error, and > not a > > point where you disagree with his opinion. > > > > His site is opinion, it is editorial. Get over > it. > > > > And I do read leica lists all the time because I > love > > Leica's but try posting anything anti-leica. > > > > > > --- "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Jamie Walling wrote: > > > > > > >WOW. It's amazing how defensive this list > gets. > > > For a > > > >moment i almost thought I was on a Leica list. > > > > > > > > > > > You obviously don't hang out on the Leica list > much. > > > > > > >It's also amazing how much people here slam Ken > > > >Rockwell about not including facts, and then > they > > > > > > > > > > > We're not an authority publishing a supposedly > hands > > > on review. He > > > reviewed a camera > > > apparently a number of cameras authoritatively > > > without ever having seen > > > them. That's like > > > doing anatomical drawings of an elephant after > > > hearing rumors of such a > > > beast. Totally > > > dishonest. > > > > > > >themselves do not tell the facts. Some general > > > info > > > >on Ken's site and this review in general (BTW > ... I > > > do > > > >not know him at all, but have read his site for > > > years > > > >since I used to use Nikon MF and he has one of > the > > > >better lens sections on the web) > > > > > > > > > > > For Nikon maybe. If he wrote a glowing review > of a > > > Nikon product, would I > > > believe that either. Probably not. > > > > > > >He wrote this review BEFORE anyone had access > to > > > the > > > >istDs. It is a preview, not a review. He even > > > said > > > >his opinion might change if he uses one. > > > > > > > > > > > He slammed it in a preview. He slammed Canon > > > cameras in previews. _I > > > don't care._ > > > The most you can do in a preview is list > features > > > and give a first > > > impression. He went > > > a lot farther than that and regularly does so. > It > > > wasn't billed as a > > > preview by the way, > > > he bills it as a test review, and I quote: > > > > > > "**Pentax *ist DS *istDS Test Review"** > > > > > > He should get a new headline writer. > > > Disclaimers on another page don't cut it either. > > > > > > By the way he now has a disclaimer on the main > page > > > for this "review" > > > due to the "hate" mail > > > he's received. It wasn't there before. > > > > > > >His site is an opinion site, and he goes out of > his > > > >way to make that perfectly clear. He also > makes it > > > >perfectly clear what he is looking for in a > camera > > > and > > > >that he is ONLY judging cameras based on what > he is > > > >looking for in a camera... > > > > > > > > > > > Yes it is an opinion site. That becomes obvious > > > when you read it. > > > > > > >If you read his pages... based on what he is > > > looking > > > >for, the Pentax istDs does not cut it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That's not his recommendation. He doesn't > dismisses > > > it just for > > > himself, he dismisses it for everyone. > > > Even if they are just starting out and don't > have a > > > large investment in > > > other manufactures lenses. > > > Even if I didn't own a bunch of Pentax lenses > the > > > *ist-Ds would be > > > viable competition for the > > > Rebel-D and the D70 which don't really cut it by > his > > > criteria either. > > > (Ok, the Nikon cut it because > > > it says Nikon on the prism housing, but then he > had > > > to ignore a lot of > > > other things). > > > > > > > > > > >FYI .. he gave the istD a favorable review when > it > > > was > > > >introduced, and personally uses Pentax spot > meters. > > > > > > >Hard to say he is anti pentax. > > > > > > > > > > > I don't think anyone said he was anti Pentax. I > > > believe the consensus > > > was that he was > > > in my words an opinionated idiot, but I'm just > being > > > judgmental, kind of > > > like he is. > > > > > > >===== > > > >Jamie Walling > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > > > >Do you Yahoo!? > > > >Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. > Manage > > > less. > > > >http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > I can understand why mankind hasn't given up > war. > > > During a war you get to drive tanks through the > > > sides of buildings > > > and shoot foreigners - two things that are > usually > > > frowned on during peacetime. > > > --P.J. O'Rourke > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > Jamie Walling > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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