I understand exactly where you're coming from as well John, because I've been there also.
> > I understand where you're coming from Tom, but I don't necessarily agree with > much of it. I don't > see my Pentax kit as an investment of any sort. Most of it has been collected > second-hand, and got > because it suited what I saw as my needs at the time. For example, the first > 'extra' I ever bought > for a Pentax SLR was the clip-on meter for the SV - because I had had too > many spoiled shots > estimating exposure by guesswork. I have no idea how much I have spent over > the years, but probably > not as much as some have spent on just one or two lenses recently. Overall, > I have just about all > the equipment I need right now: > > I don't shoot sports, so I don't need super-fast autofocus. If my grandkids > are running around > having fun - a video shot shows that much better than a series of stills > anyway. > > I don't shoot birds on the wing (unless they're very close), so I have no > need for long fast glass. > > I don't print bigger than A4, so more megapixels is not a deal-breaker. > > Even without the rationale above of the type of photos I don't take and the > fact that I am generally > satisfied with the performance of my kit, I like the way Pentax is now > producing what seems to be > well-specified kit at more than reasonable prices. I can probably justify > (to myself at least, if > not to the CFO) one more new camera, and it will be a Pentax - one good > reason is that everything I > now have will still be usable on a new body. > If I wasn't getting the results I want from my Pentax kit, whether film or > digital, I'd probably be > looking at changing brands, but, this is not the case. The changeover cost > of moving to another > brand is just too high, and I have no guarantees I'd be any more satisfied > than now > photographically. > > Your mileage obviously does vary, of course - but to each his own applies, I > think. Your rationale is perfectly reasonable. If your happy with what your using there's no good reason to change. Cost of change is what prevented me from doing so for so long. Tom C. -- 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.
