I still really like my K-5 and if I were advising someone which SLR to buy, I’d say the Pentaxes are hard to beat for price-performance, as long as you don’t really need the FF, which I suspect not that many really do.
Except for, I wouldn’t advise people to buy an SLR these days, mirrorless cameras are where the innovation and excitement are, and I’ve had nothing but pure pleasure from my Fuji X-E1. Which I suspect I also would have had from an OM-D or NEX. -T On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 6:38 AM, George Sinos <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I subscribed to PDML in 2000 or 2001. It seems like the last > couple of years, and especially the last few months the topic of other > brands supplementing Pentax gear or just plain switching to other > brands has significantly increased. > > Thom Hogan started a series called "How to Choose a Camera (Intro with > Homework)" on <www.bythom.com> He starts with this: > > "...at this point in the digital era, almost all cameras are highly > competent. At the DSLR level, image quality even with the entry models > surpasses what most people could have gotten from film SLRs (assuming > you understand the camera, what it can actually do, and how to make it > perform optimally). As I've written for a number of years now about > all DSLRs: if you can't get a good-looking image at the largest size a > desktop inkjet printer can create (13x19"), it isn't the camera that's > the problem. Assuming your DSLR is not broken, it will be your > decisions and your handling of the camera that are the gatekeepers on > image quality these days." > > I don't disagree with him. > > If this is the case why so much talk of switching and other brands? > Is it really all due to the lack of a full frame body? Is the > increased talk of other brands really a trend or my imagination? > > GS > > > George Sinos > -------------------- > www.GeorgesPhotos.net > www.GeorgeSinos.com > > -- > 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. -- 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.
