I agree. The whining is silly. I might have preferred something other than the 50mm as a first prime, but it does make a lot of sense. And I look forward to owning it. Paul
> On Apr 9, 2018, at 11:00 AM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 4/9/2018 8:45 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Pentax released four bloated zooms with the K-1 or just slightly prior to >> its release. I was quite happy with that decision, because it meant that I >> could cover al my focal length needs for now and gradually add some primes. >> And the zooms seem to be at least the equal of last generation primes in >> terms of sharpness and definition. > > Right you are. Apparently wearing mittens against this unending winter is > affecting my ability to count on my fingers. I wasn't unhappy with the > decision because it indicated that Ricoh was, at least, taking things > relatively seriously, even though I would have preferred a series of > thoughtfully spaced out primes. The zooms are nice, but for my taste, far too > large, and I'm not much for zooms anyway. > > What I am finding really dumb is people lambasting Ricoh because their pet > focal length isn't the first one to be released without looking at the logic > behind the release. > Would I be unhappy if they let out a 20mm or an 85mm first? I wouldn't be as > happy as I am that they are releasing my pet focal length first (sometimes it > pays to be a one man profit center for a company, it seems), but I wouldn't > be pissing and moaning on various forums about it either. > At least I can say that here. I got ran off the forum of Pentax neurosis on a > rail by their fucktard moderation team for saying much the same thing. > > bill > > -- > 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.
