On 1/8/2013 5:56 PM, Miserere wrote:
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.
What? You don't think that brass top and bottom plates are
differentiation enough?
Heretic!
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