I like his math. Pentax $1800, Canon $3600. "Pentax is 100% cheaper than the Canon"
On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 9:19 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 6/19/2016 3:20 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>> Tony Northrup did a review of the K-1: >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIVfRji8JMM >>> >>> I can't really argue with any of the points he makes on the various >>> shortcomings of the K-1. He is also generous with his praise on the >>> things he likes. >>> >>> In short, he loves it for landscape, it sucks at sports, he doesn't like >>> it for portraiture for the same reasons he doesn't like it for sports >>> (focus points and buffer size), tethering sucks (USB 2.0 WTF???) >>> But he does love a lot of the features it has: tilt screen, gps, wifi ... >>> >>> He makes a good point on lens availability and cost. I think that will >>> change over time. >> >> >> I don't understood the complaint regarding portraiture, but I don't machine >> gun portraits as my studio lights take a small amount of time to regenerate, >> and if I don't have the subject's cooperation, I'm probably not shooting >> portraits anyway. Manual focus on the K-1 is easy enough and if I can't put >> a focus point right where I want it, I can always crop a bit after the fact. > > He has an unusual portrait shooting style, and he bases his > recommendation that the K-1 is poor for portraiture off that. Well > that says much more about the reviewer than the reviewed for me. > > His argument about the system price of body plus three must-have > lenses on all-Pentax body and glass versus the Nikon or Canon and the > cheapest 3rd-party glass out there. Ummm... a trifle skewed? > > He has valid arguments but he seems to just end up on the tired old > thing about "you really want to stay with Canon and Nikon because ... > Canon and Nikon." > > And you know, tethering is weak. It's weak or non-existent on all > Pentax cameras, 645's included. But I'd bet good money that the > audience that watches his reviews don't tether. Tethering is for > studio shooters who are doing well paid ad campaigns or fashion > shoots, on the whole. They are in a whole different league. It will > help Pentax to fix that eventually, but I think his harping on that > one specifically when stuff like poor AF speed are out there is > pointless. > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- 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.
