2008/9/24 Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Sep 23, 2008, at 6:04 PM, David Savage wrote: > >> 2008/9/24 Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>>> Affordable, no. Beautiful ... looks nice to me. :-) >>>> >>>> http://dfarkas.blogspot.com/ >>>> >>> That most certainly is impressive. The part I like the mostest is >>> the >>> interface. 6 buttons, 2 knobs and a switch. Why the hell can't the >>> rest of them figure this out? >> >> I like buttons & knobs. It means I don't have to waste time scrolling >> through menus. > > Sorry Dave, but I would feel comfortable betting that the controls on > the S2 are subtle, powerful, and do not distract one iota from the > business of making photographer. > >> Sorry Godfrey, but I have to disagree. Like the R series Lickers this >> is butt ugly IMO. > > I don't care what a camera looks like. I care how it fits in my hands > and works. The R8-R9 were fugly to look at, but had the finest feel, > best controls and finest viewfinder, finest lenses, of any 35mm SLR > camera I ever used. I always wished I could afford one with a four > lens complement kit, but that was always just too far over the > financial cliff for me.
You're the one who said you thought it looked nice :-) I've seen some better photos of it since I made my original comment & have to say it's does look better than the R series SLRs. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
