Bill makes good points. I remember the time surrounding the release of the istD and K10D -- there was such a frenzy of wish lists, guessing, and anticipation that a PESO of the authentic Face of God probably would have attracted no comments at all.
At this point, most of us have cameras we are pretty happy with, so there is no urgency to upgrade, nor are there truly critical features to discuss. (I was =very= eager to get a K10D for the anti-shake and the 10MP sensor, and am still very happy with it). So, we talk about the photos, which is not a bad thing. I am eagerly waiting for Wheatfield and List Guy to share their impressions at length, and post some photos (especially of difficult [e.g. high contrast] situations, or at high ISO). Once a few more people get theirs, I'm sure some discussions will begin. Meanwhile, I think we're just patiently waiting. Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 7/5/09, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
