On 12 September 2012 16:53, Cory Waters <cbwaters.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > Still shooting with the K10 here. > K5 was attractive but I haven't been shooting enough to justify > ANOTHER thousand dollar camera. When I bought the used I decided it > was the last P&S camera I'd buy because my phone takes decent pictures > and the ease of sharing with the network is just a killer feature. > So now the K-5II. And the question: Is the face that it's a > specialized tool offset the fact that it doesn't connect to the > internet? > Another way: Do i ever want another camera that doesn't have network > capability? > > I don't know yet. > Is it silly that I can buy a phone for so little that DOES share > photos and a camera for so much that doesn't? Hell yes. > I mean, what are 90% of us doing with any of these photos anyway? > Could CanNikon and the rest NOT really understand this? > > Cory
Thom Hogan has been arguing in favour of connectivity for a couple of years now. Sony and Samsung are finally starting to equip mirrorless cameras with WiFi so I expect it will take a few years still for it to trickle up to DSLRs. I expect Sony to be the first (if they haven't already done it on the A99; I don't know, I haven't checked; and yes, I know it's not a DSLR but it's in the same size and purpose category). I would expect Pentax to be the last to incorporate this feature. As for me, I find that I like sharing snapshots from my phone with the Social Interwebs. As for my "real" photography, I need to let it simmer in my hard drive before I pound it into B&W and eventually upload it to my website. Of course, I often take snapshots with my "real" camera and would like to upload them, but can't. Cheers, —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.