On Dec 7, 2012, at 8:16 AM, Tom C wrote: >> From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> >> >> >> On Dec 6, 2012, at 2:57 PM, Tom Cakalic wrote: >> >>> I write this because I believe, really believe, that Pentax is a dead brand. >> >> So, what prompted this rant about Pentax? I seriously doubt that the cat >> peed in your Wheaties this morning. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > Nothing really. My brain thought thoughts, my muscles actuated, and > the letters and words magically flowed from my fingertips to the > keyboard. > > If anything it's a combination of the sales figures for all the brands > that I have access to, combined with my enjoyment of using the gear > I'm currently set with.
At this point, I'm pretty much completely lost. I don't know what you have, and whether or not you enjoy it. Your post sort of came across as halfway between stream of consciousness and whinging. For me, one of the big appeals of photography is the interplay of the technical with the emotional. I enjoy solving technical problems, and photography gives me an opportunity to do that within the framework of artistic expression. I see that a lot of the replies are addressing technical, financial or emotional, or sometimes one masquerading as another. Each of us on this list has made an investment in Pentax, either financial or emotional, or both. When someone has an investment in something, and someone says that it is "dead", they have a natural emotional reaction to take that as a personal attack, especially when it comes out of the blue, and doesn't really have any supporting evidence behind it. My pictures from last night were hampered by difficulty focusing the K-5 in low light. I suspect I would have had a lot more keepers with the faster low light focusing of the K5-II. Or, even a good, large, fast EVF with focus peaking. On the other hand, for what you could by a K5-II and an FA31 for you'd only be able to buy the D600 body. Never mind a plain K-5 and a sigma 30/1.4. The D600, as far as I can tell, is the least expensive camera that might outperform the K-5 in low light. Unless you are shooting in a situation that requires image stabilization , and then I doubt it'll keep up, with a stop or two handicap in the glass. In short the K-5 isn't perfect, but it's one hell of a fine performer for the money. Pentax has indeed been in a bit of a lull when it comes to releasing new cameras. I don't know what the development cycle time is like, but I suspect that this lull is mostly caused by the change of ownership, and likely the difficulties caused by changing the goals of the R&D department. I suspect that within six or twelve months we'll start seeing the products stemming from the new ownership. At which point it'll either be more of the same, low expenditure incremental improvements, or some amazing world beating gear. It'll be interesting to see which. In the meantime, I'll make do with what I have. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
