" I keep thinking to myself: what a period of amazing technological growth we are living through, with really no end in sight."
Boy, ain't that the truth. It was ten years a go that I took a photography seminar and was trying to convince the two PJs teaching it that digital would catch on. On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Sam L <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I am an amateur and my photography is there to let me play artist >> and contribute to the family scrapbook. The latter is always good >> enough with any of these cameras. My wife uses an Optio I-10 and >> (annoyingly) seems to do as well as me. Noise just doesn’t bother me >> very much so my high iso performance is more than adequate. The >> biggest challenge for me is the limited dynamic range and I enjoy that >> challenge. When I am taking pictures to please myself, I don’t mind >> the limitations of the camera. Sure, I can delight in a new lens but >> usually it’s a prime. My SOP is to go off with one prime and work >> around it. I’ve recently realized that I’m a better adapter than a >> chooser. I actually dislike having to pick from too many choices. I >> find it much more satisfying to take a small camera and one prime and >> try to make it work. I completely understand that a pro can’t do this >> and when I’m asked to do weddings I show up with the K7, the flash and >> the FA135, the DA 18-55, etc. Lately however, that stuff just sits in >> the bag. I honestly think that if I had the money I would get a Q and >> a few lenses rather than a K5. The Q system would be inferior for >> every technical reason and it would get a lot more use. >> Sorry for the manifesto but better here than going off topic in class. ;-) > > Steve, > > I've certainly enjoyed my K-x and the baubles and trinkets that go > along with it > (my DA40, the kit lenses, a smattering of taks, a couple ms, and today > a FA 50/2.8). > > But to be honest, its kind of a lot of clutter. > > Some people are already totally content with the quality of the smaller > cameras. > For me, I think in the next several years I will find my spot of > contentment, too. > And I'm looking forward to it. I look forward to having one compact > camera I can > pretty much bring with me everywhere and at the same time look forward to > the decluttering of all these lenses and ancillary accessories. > > > > --------------------------- > Sam > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
