> On Jun 12, 2024, at 11:57 AM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 05, 2024 at 04:19:11PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote:
>>
>>> On Jun 5, 2024, at 4:09 PM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 06, 2024 at 12:42:39AM +0200, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:
>>>> Am 06.06.24 um 00:09 schrieb John Francis:
>>>>> Maybe it's time to add a section to the PUG for images created with
>>>>> non-Pentax
>>>>> gear. Or maybe it isn't - I don't know hom many other non-Pentax using
>>>>> PDMLers
>>>>> are still around.
>>>>
>>>> What keeps you from posting photos shot while you were using Pentax gear?
>>>>
>>>> I haven't been able to take any new photos for the last two years and my
>>>> days as a 'picture taking' photographer are over but I still have tens of
>>>> thousands of RAW and scanned analog photos to sift through and quite a few
>>>> to publish.
>>>
>>> Nothing stops me from posting old photographs - I shoot significantly less
>>> than some people here, so I've got every digital image I took available.
>>> (And boxes of slides, negatives, etc., very few of which have been scanned).
>>> But that doesn't help me get to be a better photographer. I sometimes used
>>> the PUG topic as a way to prompt myself out of my comfort zone and try some
>>> shots I'd never have thought of myself. Much of the time it didn't result
>>> in anything I wanted to show anybody else, but there were occasions when I
>>> came up with something I was pleased with, and even a few times when I ended
>>> up with an image I felt was worth submitting.
>>
>> I see a couple of options.
>>
>> You could use the PUG as an excuse to grab the K-5 and give it some exercise.
>
> One thing I found when I checked out the K-5 recently is that after a couple
> of years using the M1X I'd definitely have to re-learn the camera - even such
> simple things as the feel of the camera (exacly where the basic controls are,
> how hard to press the buttons, etc.) are very different. I'd also got used to
> having a screen on the back of the camera for reviewing shots, adjusting
> settings,
> etc. And, of course, a major plus of switching formats was a the lens weight.
There are definite advantages to u4/3
>
> The one thing I didn't have with the M1X was a backup body. I'd been thinking
> of
> getting an M5 - that would presumably be a lot closer operationally to the
> M1X.
> I know you'd been less than completely satisifed with your one, but for what I
> tend to shoot most of the time I suspect It would serve me well enough.
Yeah, but for what I use it for, it is better than the full size DSLRs
>
> I was still thinking things over - after all, you might decide to get rid of
> your M5 because it didn't meet your requirements - when I took a look at
> Mike's
> Camera to see what they would want for an EPL-10 (not for me, but our trusty
> old EPL-1 is really getting a bit too long in the tooth) and noticed that they
> were apparently prepared to sell me an M1X for what they wanted for an M5.
Really? How much? Hmm if I return my OM5 to Amazon and turn it into an M1X
for the same money, I'd be rather tempted.
>
> It arrived today.
Congrats.
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