Given that 35mm lenses are the best there are, and that Pentax may
eventually have a real high end full frame 35mm DSLR, with the resolution at
or greater than the current offerings from other manufacturers, I can only
dream about the kind of quality we will get when shooting with some of the
best of Pentax glass.
I recently downloaded a large jpeg shot on the current Canon 11 meg (I
think) camera, and the clarity, sharpness, and detail makes it look like
shots from larger formats.
Imagine the stuff we are going to get with the mighty FA* series and
limited lenses; the 85mm FA*, which I am gradually growing to adore even
more than the 24mm FA* f=2, is going to yield portraits of uncompromising
clarity, detail, resolution, and contrast, and to have full control in
photoshop on a Mac, with fire-wire download times, and prints from an Epson
1270 or equivalent on premium glossy, rivalling that of Cibachrome...it will
truly be photographic heaven. Imagine the resolution we will get with
landscapes from the 24mm, the birdy shots from the 300's, the macros with
the 50, the 100, and the mighty FA* 200mm macro (I'm saving my pennies for
that one).
It is too bad that at this point, it is only a dream and conjecture.
February, you say, Paal. I sure hope so; it has been a long wait.
On a more festive note, Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah (pardon my
spelling), and great good wishes, peace, and happiness to all, whatever your
beliefs may be. This is a beautiful world we live in, the one which we share
the joy of documenting in our photographs. Maybe some great photograph, one
day, will pull the world together, and we can stop all this petty bickering
and work together, finally realizing our great human potential; when all is
said and done, there is only one race, the Human Race. Let us all think,
wish, pray, visualize, and work towards peace in this troubled world this
holiday season.
Love to all.
Cameron R. Hood,
Pentaxian
