If Pentax does release an EVIL camera and it accepts K mount lenses they might have a chance. There's lots out there. I'm hoping that's what the new 35 is really aimed at. -----Original Message----- From: Miserere <miser...@gmail.com> Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:08:03 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<pdml@pdml.net> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Samsung release NX100 compact MILC (and Mark's prediction)
What some might call a wannabe Oly E-P2 or Panny GF1: http://www.dpreview.com/previews/samsungnx100/ But I do want to point out a feature unique to Samsung within the segment that reminded me of a comment Mark made in another thread about how he was waiting for someone to introduce lenses without focus rings. Samsung's two new lenses have a button on them called iFn (for i Function) that allows the lenses' focus rings to control other parameters such as shutter speed, ISO, etc, If you use AF, this would effectively give you a two-control-wheel camera. For those of you who are really old school, you could set the lens ring to control aperture and the camera wheel shutter speed, then shoot in M mode like you did in MX times. Well, except there'd be no clicks on the aperture ring. I'm sure they stole this idea from the Canon S90, but good for them! I wonder if they'll release a new version of the 30mm f/2 pancake lens with the button and whether there'll be a firmware upgrade for the NX10 to accomodate this new function. Maybe they've learnt from their Pentax partnership that firmware upgrades only make people happy and shouldn't be encouraged. --M. -- \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
