Whew! That was CLOSE. Earlier today, I had myself all talked in to selling my Pentax gear and switching to the new 24MP Nikon D3200. Man was I excited about it. I was going to sell my K-x and K-mount Pentax lenses (keeping my Takumars) to finance the purchase and get some Nikon mount lenses to go with it. I listed over $1800 worth of stuff on Pentax Forums Marketplace.
Then I saw this: http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/20/nikon-d3200-official-samples/ And then I noticed a conspicuous absence of images over 200 ISO in the Nikon "Sample Image" gallery: http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/dslr/d3200/sample.htm Related: http://nikonrumors.com/2012/04/19/nikon-d3200-sample-images.aspx/ Then I did the unthinkable: I read a Ken Rockwell review of the D3200. Wow, did it contain some stupid sentences. (I realize that's like saying "I saw a duck, man could it float on water.") Now we all know that Ken Rockwell is wholly owned subsidiary of the Nikon Corporation. But still, these two sentences are galling: "The reason pictures look so good from the D3200 is because of Nikon's secret sauce of Picture Controls and automatic adaptive dynamic range controls that can be set to get fantastic highlights, shadows, tones and colors, which are what make great pictures. Canon can also get these same great colors, while other brands of cameras simply don't have the magic that Canon and Nikon do to get fantastic colors for nature and landscape and people shots." Yes, it's true. Reading a Kenny-boy Nikon review actually turned me off from buying Nikon. What really gave me pause, however, was his statement that the D3200 is "as light as the lightest Nikon DSLRs ever made....lighter than the D40." That to me is not a feature. I think the low end Nikon's feel incredibly cheap in your hand. That may not be the brightest way to judge a camera, but for me it has to feel good in my hand. Honestly, that's why I prefer the feel of a Spotmatic and a Takumar over a pZ-1p and a Pentax-F. The real clincher was when I realized that I *could not* use my beloved Takumars on a Nikon DSLR. Well you can, but you can't focus to infinity (small detail) or you have to use one of those crappy optical element adapters with a diopter built in. No thanks. So I'm officially back on the saving for a K-5 or *perhaps* waiting to see what Pentax announces next. But that was sooooooo *close*. Thank goodness for Kenny-boy (and also that I can't afford a D800E). :) -- 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.
