the assumption among many professional photographers is that you have the
skill or you wouldn't be there. what you list says that in areas where
manual focus skill or potential for lens flare is most important, Pentax has
an edge. otherwise, any other area, Pentax is at best even when the
technology is irrelevant to way behind if it is. for me, AF speed and
accuracy while tracking is most important, closely followed by a large
buffer with fast write times. more megapixels ranks behind that, but more
megapixels is about the only thing we can count on in the *istD replacement.
Herb....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tom Reese" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 12:51 PM
Subject: Skills - was Re: Sent My Brother to the Dark Side
I was thinking this morning about the difference between skill and
technology. I will grant that there are some images that would be
very difficult to capture without certain technology.
It might be fun to compile a list of technology that can't be had in a
a Pentax body, and then figure out what images require that technology
rather than skill to capture.
The way I figure right now Pentax is missing:
Image stabilization
Image tracking AF (comparable to high end Canon/Nikon)
High frame/sec rate
Large buffer/fast write times
low shutter lag time
Where they are in the forefront compared to other systems in a similar
price range is:
usable viewfinder (manual focus)
SMC coatings
HyperProgram/Manual
