Nicely put, Mark. Bill Sullivan ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 5:43 PM Subject: Re: what I think of current digital cameras
> I'm pretty demanding about quality, and I'm very satisfied with the quality > images I get from my CP990. The usual rules about technique apply - shoot > with a tripod, compose carefully, etc. But the best images I've taken with > this digital are as good as the best I've taken with my Pentax 35mm gear > and film. > > Granted, I don't have a real telephoto, nor a real macro, nor a fast lens > of any focal length, for the CP990. I hope someday to have a PENTAX > digital that works with my existing lenses to fill the bill on those > fronts, so I can have the total creative flexibility that Pentax has given > me in 35mm in the digital format. > > Digital is here, it's pretty good, it will get better. I love working with > film, I love working with digital. > > IMO, it's great to have a new frontier to work with. I can't fathom the > mentality that dismisses something because it may be weaker on this point > or that (while stronger on that point or this...) If there's a new tool to > use to achieve your ends - pick it up and work it! Don't sit around and > dismiss it because it's not like the old tools you have at hand. > > The day I can't deal with something new, the day I lock into looking back > instead of looking forward, is the day you all should start spading dirt > over the box I've locked myself in. > > - MCC > > > At 05:16 PM 11/23/01 -0700, you wrote: > >And there we have it! I agree, even without all the background info. > > > >Digital photography is not yet about QUALITY. It is about FAST. It is > >about INSTANT. It is about GET IT TO THE NEWSPAPER ON TIME. It is about > >SHARING with relatives. It is about HAVING THE NEWEST GADGET (I have a 2.5 > >year old 640 X 480 Mavica, the best at the time I could afford). It is NOT > >about QUALITY. > > > >Tom C. > > - - - - - - - - - - > Mark Cassino > Kalamazoo, MI > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - - - - - - - - - - > Photos: > http://www.markcassino.com > - - - - - - - - - - > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
