On 9/10/12 2:23 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:
On 9/10/2012 8:09 PM, Doug Brewer wrote:
a $2800 p&s with no VF and fixed lens is a colossal waste of money, in
my myopic opinion.
Well, let's have a look. Some say that 35mm is THE focal length. Some
other people say that Carl Zeiss T* is THE optics. Compare it with the
alternatives you have now:
* Monstrous FF DSLR with similar lens - modern offering well above 5 grand.
* Leica M9 with a similar lens - you will cross into the five digits
realm easily, sir.
So, there will be sufficiently many people who might wanna say that this
is THE camera for them at rather bargain price...
I pray you look at the bright side of life here, Doug.
Sorry, but I don't see where I'm not looking on the bright side of life.
I don't necessarily agree that full-frame is the Holy Grail. If Pentax
comes out with one that works with my existing lenses, and I can
afford/justify/get my hands on one, I might feel differently, of course,
and I do think they need to, if only to say they have one.
But most any camera that is limited to that degree, especially at that
price, is by necessity--for me-- automatically relegated to a second
camera role, and for that much money, I can buy another camera or two,
with viewfinders and the ability to switch lenses. Or I can buy a new
K5, one of those Fuji X100's for fun, and still come out ahead, for the
work I do.
Now it could be a technological miracle, and they may come out with
optional VF's of one kind or another, so I'll reserve judgment on that,
but current specs don't impress me very much.
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