Many years ago, when I first joined the list, it was the Pentax Discussion Mailing List that sometimes strayed into a discussion of photography. I'm much happier that it now seems like the Photograph Discussion Mailing list that often times strays into a discussion of using Pentax equipment to make better photos.
I'm fine with that. GS <http://georgesphotos.net> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Jaume Lahuerta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > People already happy with their equipment? Sounds good but I don't fully > agree...I would say resigned instead of happy. > > The film SLR was an even more mature product, and here people keep wishing > the advent of the MZ-1, the flagship, the perfect mach for the > limiteds...that never showed up. > So people here finally realized the limits of their favourite brand and that, > if they want/need certain features (high fps count, fast AF, full frame), > they have to move elsewhere (as many have already done). > > The consequence is that thread about future features and/or complaints about > present ones are no longer popular, and newcomers that still have faith in > that their brand will be able to fight in the premier league look for othe > places to keep dreaming. > > So this is a more paceful place where people who knew each other thanks to > their (current or past) relation with Pentax now share their pictures and > have a good time talking about things related (or not) to photography. Yes, > sometimes there is some equipment chat, but it is not the majority anymore. > > The 'negative' side is that the list may be seen as a 'closed' group of > friends, with lots of private jokes and not very prone to orientate and > convince new pentaxians that they have made the right choice (I would say > that there are far less introductions and 'novice' questions that we used to > have). And it is a pitty since I don't think that this is true at all but > that people here is really helpful. > > Anyway, as I said before, there are other places to look for > advice/information about Pentax nowadays...it is just that I have been > reading the list for so many years that it is hard to admit that is is > getting less interesting for me lately...(but I keep reading...;-) ) > > Regards, > > Jaume in their yearly eloquent day > > ----- Mensaje original ---- > De: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Enviado: miércoles, 28 de mayo, 2008 20:12:13 > Asunto: Re: List focus shift (WAS: Re: K20D Hot Pixels) > > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 09:46:24AM -0700, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: >> >>BTW, Paul, this link is an example of why it is worth looking >> occasionally at dpreview, despite the admitted annoyances of that site. >> News such as this shows up much earlier there than it does here. >> >> Today I was just thinking that this list has somehow shifted its focus since >> the digital era took over. >> Before there were few places to talk about Pentax equipment, so this was a >> main topic. But the digital brought also more 'competitors' and people here >> seems a bot bored of too technical (and lots of times closer to computers >> rather than photography) so this kind of threads are not as popular anymore. >> So we find much more PESOs, GMFs, OTs, so the list is more about people >> talking on photography and showing what they do, that normally own (or used >> to) Pentax equipment. >> >> No more bloody fights (except when the magic words arise: 'aperture >> simulator') but also no more guru's anticipating future >> developments...that's why people has to look elsewhere to find it and, >> eventually, report it here in case someone is still interested. > > That's because digital SLRs are, by now, a mature technology. > Pentax addressed most of the complaints about the *ist-D in > the K10D, and polished off a few more with the K20D. Apart > from the "full-frame" sensor (non-)issue, there's not a lot > wrong with the K20D for almost everybody almost all the time. > The advent of the SDM lenses removed another potential source > of complaints, too. > > So while the K20D isn't perfect, it will do for now. Pentax > have intimated they are working on a model beyond the K20D, > so there's room for speculating on future developments (will > it have better build quality, a faster frame rate, faster AF, > etc., etc.). But most people don't care, because what they > can get now is more than good enough to be useful. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > > > ______________________________________________ > Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! La bandeja de entrada más inteligente. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
