Body styling is obviously an important part of how a camera works since you have to hold it to use it. I'm not a fan of retro per se as much as I'm not a fan of modern styling for the sake of being different. Body styling also affects compactness as a dove bar will slide in your pocket whereas something with a big grip is easy to hold. I also like manual controls. One person's styling is often another person's function. However, I will put up with a lot if the IQ is really good.
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 1:03 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > An exciting new camera is of more than passing interest to this group because > (and this is just my unscientific opinion) many here are photographers first, > Pentaxians second. That is evidenced by the fact that so many own other > brands along with their Pentaxes; some have even discarded their Pentaxes ~in > toto~ and remain on the list for reasons other than their loyalty to the > brand. > > You of all people, Godfrey, who look beyond Pentax to satisfy your > photographic needs, will understand that. > > If there's one thing that I've always liked about this list it's the > love/hate relationship that so many seem to have with Pentax. No blindly > spewing the company line, no "my camera maker right or wrong", it's more > like, "here's what I want and if you don't make it I'll still love you but I > will go elsewhere." > > There are very few measurebaters compared to other places; we're just people > who like taking pictures, on whatever equipment is out there that suits our > needs. > > That, I suppose, is why the latest Oly is of more than passing interest. > > Cheers, > frank > > > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> > Sent: January 23, 2012 1/23/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > <snip> > I don't know why speculation about an Olympus camera would be of more > than just passing interest for the Pentax community, however. > -- > 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. > -- > 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.
