On 7 January 2013 14:17, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 7, 2013, at 6:53 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: > >> http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/01/07/Pentax-launches-MX-1-enthusiast-compact-12MP-28-112mm-F1-8-2-5-lens >> http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/01/07/Pentax-Mx-1-hands-0n-preview-just-published > > Cue the wailing and moaning and gnashing of teeth that "this camera isn't > exactly what I want, so it will be a complete failure".
Larry, When I saw the news piece and the image of the camera on my phone my heart skipped a beat. I though one of two things had happened: 1) Pentax had released a fixed-lens (43mm-e f/1.9) APS-C compact. or 2) Pentax had FINALLY released an interchangeable-lens APS-C mirrorless camera worthy of the Pentax name. Why did I think of these two possibilities? Because the camera is called (drumroll) MX-1. They could've called it POS-1, Q-100, or a gazillion other names, but no, they went with a name that is sacred in the Pentax lore. And for what? For an advanced P&S. I don't care if Pentax wants to sell some cameras to people who think a Canon S100, Oly XZ-1 or Fuji X10 won't fit their needs (whoever these fictitious people may be), but just don't call the camera MX-1 or, LX-1, because that is misleading to Pentax users. I'd even go further and say it's insulting. I don't think this camera will be a *complete* failiure, but it won't be a success, because it's very late to the party and doesn't seem to offer anything to distinguish it from the Big 3 I listed above. And that's all I have to say about that (for now). —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- 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.
