On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Cotty <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/2/12, Steven Desjardins, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> The Pen-style e-p1 was a huge hit. The new OM-D looks to be popular. >> I hope for Pentax's sake that those younger folks line up for the >>K-01. ;-) Seriously, the retro designs seem to cross generational >>lines. No explanation here, just an opinion based on observations of >>recent successful designs. > > I have a theory Steve. If you think about it, you can make a camera look > like absolutely anything in this day and age. Maybe what people want is > something that just looks like a camera....
And the reason that people want something that "just looks like a camera" is that what "just looks like a camera" generally *works* like a camera ought to work. A friend of mine rescued a Nikon F Photomic FTn from the garbage bin and is sending it to me. But before he did so, he loaded up a roll of film and went out for a day's shoot with it. "My gosh, it's just like the one you had! Every control is in just the right place, it just works. I hate you already, just like I always did when you had that camera!" That was my first SLR, bought back when I was in High School. I loved it, still do. It works the way a camera ought to, and looks the part. Form follows function. The design of cameras is very nuanced. I hope the Olympus E-M5 feels as good in the hand as an OM-4 did. My only real concern is that it is a very petite camera (smaller than it looks!) with lots of controls on its surfaces: it might prove to feel a bit cramped. I hope not. -- 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.
