The fact that some people desperately need/want higher sensitivity cameras to achieve the photographs they want to make is not in question.
The statement I made is that "the *obsession* with ultra-high sensitivity as single point of focus for whether a camera is good or bad is ridiculous". I stand by that opinion, and have yet to see a convincing fact or counter opinion to indicate that it is in error. It is an obsession just like the obsessions with stratospheric pixel resolution, fueled by stupid marketing in the "bigger is always better" idiom also used to sell cars, motorcycles, and other consumer goods by marketeers. If you do not understand such a simple opinion, you don't know how to read simple English. The word *obsession* is the subject of the sentence, not the expression "ultra high sensitivity". Yes, my opinion is dismissive of further discussion in the context of obsession ... that was intentional. If you want to make my opinion the topic of discussion, fine, that was not my intent but also remember that my opinion is simply my opinion ... If you disagree with my opinion on this topic I really don't care. It isn't all that important to me whether you agree or not, it just means to me that you accept obsession with a single point of focus as your personal criteria for good or bad. Go for it, and good luck. For the record, I don't think there's anything wrong with ultra-high sensitivity, in fact I'm pleased to obtain it when it is available in a camera that also meets my desires and needs in other dimensions (and already have, as I consider "high" sensitivity to be ISO 400, and all of my current cameras can easily go to two to three stops more sensitivity than that with excellent results). Cameras are much more complex devices to evaluate for use than just the consideration of how many megapixels or how much sensitivity they offer implies ... being obsessed with any one-dimensional aspect of their performance implies a certain amount of blindness to all of the other factors that make a camera more or less desirable for a given set of tasks. To Dario: I agree with Fernando, I like your photos very much. :-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
