On 23 Feb 2006 at 22:36, Tom C wrote: > Godfrey wrote: "I like their conservatism. I think it is what makes these > cameras and lenses especially useful." > > This deserves a carefully worded reply. :-)
I guess it does. Their conservatism however does little now for the photography that I like to pursue. Pentax has been great for what I like to shoot however obviously now long gone are the days of the LX and great fast glass. The LX with its superb finders and the old array of high performance fast lenses made a pretty smick kit for low light work. If the new DLSR behaves similarly to the D200 at high ISO I doubt that I'm going to be overly excited, proof is in the pudding of course be it a year or more away. It's apparent that Pentax are heading in a totally different direction now, they are carving a niche of kit biased towards small rather than fast. This may be a good thing for some but I think that I may have to finally bite the bullet and start paring down my kit. BTW this isn't a whine it's a point of view. 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
