On 28 Oct 2005 at 23:32, graywolf wrote: > I bought my first Pentax in 1961 or 62. Pentax has always seemed behind > the times. Yes they actually invented a lot of the neat stuff that made > SLR's better for general photography, but they often licensed those > inventions to competitors rather than using them themselves. Except for > that brief exciting period from the Spotmatic to the LX, they have > never been on the front line of the technology. Why should I expect it > to be different now. What they have always managed to do was to make a > competent affordable camera, and that does not seem to have changed a > bit with digital.
In the days of film capture image quality pivoted around film and lenses. Given that the same film was available to all brands absolute image quality between brands wasn't a significant issue, the best were all bear equivalent image makers, extra cash bought gadgetry. Every DSLRs imposes its own absolute limit WRT image quality, this has created a significant change in the philosophy camera body purchase. I guess some people stayed with poor latitude and grainy old films even though better films were available but the difference was that if you wanted to upgrade then you just bought the new film. The fact that very few of us were bitching about wanting a new LX, a 25 year old camera now sort of puts it in perspective. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
