Gotta agree with that. Cosina does some superb stuff these days, and it's all designed for Photographers, not marketers.
-Adam Juan Buhler wrote: > Man, I really wish Cosina made (more) digital cameras. The ceo, Mr > Kobayashi, seems to get what photographers of my kind want. > > j > > On 9/22/06, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Juan Buhler wrote: >>> I'm doing my part: >>> >>> A few months ago, my good friend Dave was shopping for a DSLR. I >>> recommended he looked into a DS or DS2 because of the viewfinder. I >>> also said that whatever he bought, to try to look through the cameras >>> side by side. >>> >>> Despite all that, he went with a Canon 350D and the kit lens, whatever it >>> is. >>> >>> Today he wrote saying that night photography with that is impossible. >>> The camera is impossible to focus, either in auto or manual. He seemed >>> really frustrated. >>> >>> I showed him a link to the K10D in dpreview, and told him it has a >>> real viewfinder and SR. He's drooling right now, and will probably get >>> one when it comes out. >>> >>> Pentax seems to be the only manufacturer getting it regarding >>> viewfinders. Why use an SLR if the vf is small and dim? It completely >>> defeats the purpose, IMO. >>> >>> I'm still waiting for the DSLR with an aps sensor but a full frame vf, >>> and framing lines. It doesn't seem it would be so hard or expensive >>> for them to put a ZX5's viewfinder into a K100d, no? >>> >>> j >>> >> Nikon's clued in as well, the D80 got the D200's excellent Viewfinder, >> and the 20D/30D aren't bad, while the Sony is decent, but not as good as >> a DS or D (Slightly worse than the DL/K1x0D). But Canon and Olympus have >> not clued in and continue to sell cameras with crap viewfinders. >> >> -Adam >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
