On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 08:53:51AM -0500, Boris Liberman wrote: > > John, would you then not choose a Pentax camera a-la Nikon D3s or D700 > with relatively few but very high quality full frame pixels? > > Boris
Let's assume, for a moment, I'm a Nikon (or Canon) shooter. I certainly wouldn't buy a D3 - it doesn't tempt me in the slightest. I'm not sure about the D700 - I haven't done a feature-for-feature comparison to the D300 to evaluate the cost vs. capabilities. I did look at the Canon bodies when the original 5D came out, and felt that for me personally not even that was worthwhile (let alone the 1Ds). I'm not saying that everybody has the same metrics. But I'd rather buy an extra lens than spend the additional money on a body with a larger sensor. Come to that a K7 and a K-x still cost less than a D700, and give me the extra versatility of a second body ready to shoot at all times. The K-x won't do as well as the D700 in low light, but that's not the highest item on my list of priorities. I don't need anything wider than 16mm very often, either (in fact for most of my film days I didn't own anything wider than the comparable 28mm). As others have pointed out, Pentax's biggest failing for me is the AF system - something that a larger sensor won't help. -- 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.
