That was a long message, but I enjoyed it :) I feel exactly like you, and while I don't have an extensive lens collection, I get by, and I love the MZ-S (with grip, almost essential). You are SO correct about digital cameras, they do go completely obsolete, and I can't see them having any resale value, much like an older computer. Just toss it in the garbage one day. I really don't do much with the digital execept some family shots that I email away. And it is good for that, why I bought a cheap one. I've never printed from digital, I don't need to. That why I could care less about increasing MP. My 2MP Pentax Optio 230 is just fine, and gets limited use. If I want to show my photographs, I have a slide archive, and print binders. I don't need to bring people into my room to view a picture on a monitor, and I don't care if my pictures are showcased on some photo site. I do have a scanner for prints, unfortunately not one for slides, but for it's limited use, it's fine. People get too caught up in digital. *End of Rant*
Peace, Brad Dobo ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Coyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 8:47 PM Subject: RE: MZ-S users and the speculation on DSLRs > Hi Brad: > For me, digital is becoming less and less attractive since I got the > MZ-S and a scanner/printer setup. I now have a modern, well-built, > well-specified camera which will (presumably) take any new lens that > Pentax might produce, including with IS or USM-focussing. My current > glass runs from 18 to 400mm, and my next buy will probably be a TC for > the odd longer shot. > My local Fuji Frontier lab does scans which are certainly suitable for > family snapshots, if I want bigger and better-to-best quality I can > scan them myself or do a wet print. These scans are routinely done for > me now, and a collection is building on CD's which is indexed and > archived as well as the original negatives. I have no need to rush my > shots off to someone for immediate production: the only PJ-type stuff I > do has sufficiently long lead times for me to go the traditional route > if I have to, or send a scan off within a couple of days at most. > > I certainly have no desire to 'invest' several hundred or thousands of > my hard-earned in a device which will be out of date before it leaves > the shop, and will have little or no resale value when I have to > replace it. I don't buy computers any more, I rent them, and I think > the case is similar for digital cameras. > > If Pentax do release a DSLR at Photokina this year or sometime in the > future, look for a gale of carping from those who will find it > deficient in some respect (not enough of this, too much of that, too > slow here, can't get my fingers round it there) just as we saw with the > MZ-S. Look for comparisons with gear designed for a completely > different task/user, with inferior optics/mechanics/ systems, at > completely outrageous prices, and try not to tremble at the doom-laden > predictions of Pentax's future. As long as Pentax can sustain a very > sound business with their P&S, MF and scientific optical streams, they > will also continue to produce good to high quality 35mm SLR's for we > enthusiasts, whether film or digital. > > Rant over - I feel better now! > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > On Saturday, September 07, 2002 8:27 AM, Brad Dobo > [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > Hey group, > > > > This is what I am wondering/worrying about. I sorta recently got the > > MZ-S > > with the grip, etc. MZ-S owners...do we want or care about a DSLR? > > Would > > the DSLR be the flagship? I kind of like the way it is now. I > > already have > > a digital if I really want things only on the computer (Pentax too). > > Opinions! > > >
