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From: "Doug Brewer"
Subject: Re: I love my pusher
exactly. I've been shooting with a pre-production sample and haven't
received the new firmware yet. Been following the embargo rules; nothing
posted over 640x480, nothing over 1600 speed, etc, while apparently, you
and some others being proof here, there is maybe no longer an embargo.
It kinda makes sense, though. I've thought it odd that since I've had this
camera, and have mentioned a number of times that I have it, and given
that the K-7 is really a step up for Pentax, I would have thought there
would be some level of interest, that I would have been fielding questions
regularly, but... nope.
But whatever, I guess everyone was waiting for the real photographers to
get one so they could ask questions about it. I suppose at some point I'll
get the current firmware. I was hoping it would be before today, as I have
a shoot this afternoon and tonight.
Doug, the PDML has morphed away from being an equipment list to being a
photo appreciation list over the past few years. I expect it is because it
is so much easier to put an image on the net now than it was when it
involved scanning a negative or print, but for whatever reason, there is
very little gearheading now. I really noticed it when new lenses started to
hit the market with zero mention on list.
Has there been a single thread, or even a post relating to the 17-70? The
60-250 got a little bit of airtime, I suspect because it was like seeing a
unicorn in the forest than any other reason.
For myself, knowing that you had a pre release firmware camera, I just
decided to wait until it was released. It was a given that I was going to
buy one, and like the *istD, I had it in my hands within minutes of it
arriving at my pusher's store, I suspect for the most part though, there
just isn't a lot of interest in gearhead discussion on the PDML at this
point.
Also, Pentax Forum has taken a lot of the gearhead discussion off this list.
Given the level of discussion regarding gear over there, I'm not seeing this
as a bad thing. There is far too much discussion of the "my camera has a hot
pixel, should I get it replaced" variety over there for my taste. I for one
would hate to see that sort of trivialisms adding to my inbox, as the
threads just seem to go on and on and on, getting more and more banal as
they wind down.
However, that does seem to be the place to go for Pentax gearheading
discussion.
Anyway, don't worry, your talent as a photographer is a given, your mail
list just doesn't seem to be where gear related discussion happens now,
Olympus or Panasonic cameras being the exception.
William Robb
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