It's the truth... sorry it comes across as gloom and doom to you.
It seems like Canon has a low-end, a low-middle, high-middle, and high-end.
The 5D is in the high middle to me, price-wise and spec-wise. The 20D
(haven't done more than glimpse at 30D) strikes me as being in the
low-middle end of their current lineup.
By saying early-adopter, I wasn't meaning to say that I was worried about
reliability and such. The gumption just had to do with parting with the
money (and explaining it to my wife).
Maybe I'll just stick with the 67 and get an MF scanner. :-)
Tom C.
From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Lens Road Map revised
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:12:10 -0500
Mr. gloom and doom is back. The 20D and 30D are Canon's middle of the line.
The Pentax camera will be no more unproven than the 5D or Nikon 200 were.
In fact, it should be less of an experiment, since it will use the same
sensor as the 200.
Paul
On Feb 23, 2006, at 11:02 PM, Tom C wrote:
I understand your point totally. If I had either the money or the
gumption to be an early adopter of a new system (on a newly released
camera body) it would be less of a decision, as I would be gaining more
benefit sooner.
I do find it a little sad that the Pentax top of the line will be
underspec'd compared to Canon's middle of the line.
Tom C.
From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Lens Road Map revised
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:44:56 -0500
For that small a difference, I certainly wouldn't adapt a second system.
If I switched, I would go all the way. But I don't think I could afford
the lenses I need in Canon mount. Certainly not lenses that would match
my Pentax glass in quality. I'm very pleased with the new D specs. I
can''t imagine why it wouldn't do everything I need.
On Feb 23, 2006, at 10:18 PM, Tom C wrote:
It basically just gets down to that I've tired of waiting for Pentax.
The 5D is a larger sensor (albeit 12.8 vs. 10) and is FF, therefore
likely less noise at higher ISO. If I haven't purchased a 5D before
the new Pentax is released I'll walk into the store and do some hard
(albeit unscientifc comparisons), bring the memory cards home and look
at the results very closely.
I suspect the 5D buffer and throughput will still be faster/larger also.
No proof for that statement obviously.
Tom C.
From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Lens Road Map revised
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:05:43 -0500
Sounds like the new D will pretty much match the Canon 5D in specs. Why
would you want two incompatible systems?
On Feb 23, 2006, at 9:59 PM, Tom C wrote:
They must think we're stupid...
I can see the *ist D and 40mm pancake becoming my point and shoot
while a Canon 5D and 2 - 3 lenses, becoming my main system.
Tom C.
From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
All I can think is what the hell are they thinking, how many lenses
at or
around 50 and 70mm do we really need?
