On 10/29/05, Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. >
well then, all those people here (not referring to you, rob) who constantly bitch and whine about pentax should shut the fuck up and go buy another camera system. you're life will then be complete, and you'll be able to die happy. you can remain on this list and continue to be welcome, as have many defectors over the years. christian, marnie, cotty, all come to mind, and i know i've forgotten quite a few. i just don't understand this "pentax doesn't make what i want, so i'm going to complain about it and if that doesn't work i'll threaten to move to another brand" rant that we so often hear on this list. go! we won't hate you. really. funny, but the "defectors" made their switch very quietly, iirc, telling us pretty much after the fact what they did and why, without a lot of histrionics. otoh, the whiners have been whining for years, and they're still here. hmmmm.... i say: be good capitalists and vote with your feet. pentax (by your accounts) seems not to be listening anyway; maybe they'll listen to the bottom line (ie: lost sales). what? what's that? the ds is a huge success and seems to be selling well and is getting good reviews? (including a three camera dslr shootout in the last american photo magazine, btw). well what can i say. bottom line is that pentax ain't coming out with a "pro" 35mm equivalent dslr in our lifetimes. if that doesn't suit you, please, put us out of our misery. rant over. -frank (only slept 3 hours last night due to throbbing arm and hand, so i'm crankier than usual) <g> -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
