Re: K-5 DSLR of the decade?

2011-10-16 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 6:40 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 15/10/2011 7:43 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: A decade consists of 10 years. If the first decade of the Christian Era, (screw political correctness), starts with year 1 then the last year of a decade if you wish to

Re: K-5 DSLR of the decade?

2011-10-16 Thread Bipin Gupta
A decade is for (10) years as your rightly said. Unfortunately Dear Pentaxians, no electronic gizmo today is ever remembered for (10) years. Obsolescence is a mighty leveler, and (3) years is about all you get before you start itching for something new, as that particular model will not be

Re: K-5 DSLR of the decade?

2011-10-16 Thread P. J. Alling
On 10/15/2011 6:40 PM, William Robb wrote: On 15/10/2011 7:43 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: A decade consists of 10 years. If the first decade of the Christian Era, (screw political correctness), starts with year 1 then the last year of a decade if you wish to be consistent, ends with year 10, if you

Re: K-5 DSLR of the decade?

2011-10-15 Thread P. J. Alling
A decade consists of 10 years. If the first decade of the Christian Era, (screw political correctness), starts with year 1 then the last year of a decade if you wish to be consistent, ends with year 10, if you wish to be consistent. Besides when you refer to a decade such as the sixties you

Re: K-5 DSLR of the decade?

2011-10-15 Thread William Robb
On 15/10/2011 7:43 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: A decade consists of 10 years. If the first decade of the Christian Era, (screw political correctness), starts with year 1 then the last year of a decade if you wish to be consistent, ends with year 10, if you wish to be consistent. Besides when you

K-5 DSLR of the decade?

2011-10-14 Thread Larry Colen
I don't know the reviewer, but he seems quite happy with the K-5 as an all-around camera http://photographic-central.blogspot.com/2011/10/pentax-k5-dslr-review.html -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (from dos4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K-5 DSLR of the decade?

2011-10-14 Thread William Robb
On 14/10/2011 1:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I don't know the reviewer, but he seems quite happy with the K-5 as an all-around camera http://photographic-central.blogspot.com/2011/10/pentax-k5-dslr-review.html The decade is still young. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: K-5 DSLR of the decade?

2011-10-14 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 1:39 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 14/10/2011 1:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I don't know the reviewer, but he seems quite happy with the K-5 as an all-around camera http://photographic-central.blogspot.com/2011/10/pentax-k5-dslr-review.html

Re: K-5 DSLR of the decade?

2011-10-14 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 11:39:41AM -0600, William Robb wrote: On 14/10/2011 1:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I don't know the reviewer, but he seems quite happy with the K-5 as an all-around camera http://photographic-central.blogspot.com/2011/10/pentax-k5-dslr-review.html The decade is still

Re: K-5 DSLR of the decade?

2011-10-14 Thread P. J. Alling
The convention is to count years from 1, there is no year zero. So, it's was released last decade. On 10/14/2011 2:27 PM, John Francis wrote: On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 11:39:41AM -0600, William Robb wrote: On 14/10/2011 1:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I don't know the reviewer, but he seems quite

Re: K-5 DSLR of the decade?

2011-10-14 Thread William Robb
On 14/10/2011 12:27 PM, John Francis wrote: The decade is still young. That rather depends on how you count - the K-5 was released in 2010. Was that the last year of one decade, or the first year of the next? I would think most competent reviewers would put the Nikon D700 ahead of the

Re: K-5 DSLR of the decade?

2011-10-14 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 2:33 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: The convention is to count years from 1, there is no year zero.  So, it's was released last decade. That is the convention for centuries, but not typically for decades. We speak of the 1990s, not the 200th decade