Too bad. I may have to chang camera brand. I use Pentax because it's NOT a recognised pro brand like Nikon or Canon. Because I want to prove, that the photographer is the real reason for the excellent photographs.
(and because I love the photographer oriented user-interface of most Pentax cameras - not to mention some (but, far from all) excellent lenses:-) Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Jul 8, 2009 09:21 "Joseph McAllister" <[email protected]> wrote: > Porsche has retained the rear or mid- engine design with the exception > of the 928, and a few of the newer vehicles which were rebadged VW/ > Porsche designs. Once the Rabbit came out, VW has remained front > engined ever since. > > > On Jul 7, 2009, at 19:00 , Adam Maas wrote: > > > True, I don't think you can really call anything after the 993 > > related > > to the Beetle by anything other than styling cues. Prior to that, > > the > > relationship was clear although the evolution was significant. > > > > -Adam > > > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:54 PM, paul > > stenquist<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Of course the relationship between the early 911s and the Beetle > >> isn't quite > >> as simple as Adam suggested, but the 911 was certainly a derivative > >> > >> of that > >> car. Of course, later 911s evolved into something far different. > >> Paul > >> On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:02 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > >> > >>> Adam Maas wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 7:41 PM, P. J. > >>>> Alling<[email protected] > >>>> > > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Adam Maas wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 6:02 PM, William Robb<[email protected]> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralf R. Radermacher" > >>>>>>> Subject: Re: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Then, they generate the hype of the century for a camera > >>>>>>>> that's no > >>>>>>>> more > >>>>>>>> than a pimped-up K20D, > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> If you are talking about the K-7, be assured that it is as > >>>>>>> much a > >>>>>>> pimped > >>>>>>> up > >>>>>>> a K20 as a Porsche is a pimped up Beetle. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> William Robb > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> But a 911 IS a pimped up Beetle ;-) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -Adam > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> The 356 was a pimped up Beetle, the 911 was something else > >>>>> entirely... > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> The 356 was a reskinned Beetle with a couple tweaks and a diet. > >>>> The > >>>> 911 was a chopped and pimped beetle. There's a reason you can > >>>> transplant older 911 drivetrains pretty much directly into a > >>>> Beetle. > >>>> > >>> I've done that, it's not as easy as you think. > >>> > >>> (I've also bolted a 356 engine into a Beetle, after helping > >>> rebuild it, I > >>> know of what I speak). > > Joseph McAllister > [email protected] > > http://gallery.me.com/jomac > http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html > > > > > > > -- > 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.
