Would that others on the list be so relaxed and sensible in their evaluations and in their messages.
Personally, based on the awful things that have been predicted of the camera, which in turn are based on ignorance and early, preproduction cameras and firmware, and "tests" made by unknown people under unknown circumstance, I'm not going to buy a K10D. I have placed an order for a LN- Kodak Brownie. Gotta love those big negatives <LOL> Shel > [Original Message] > From: Doug Brewer > Well, the first thing we need to do is panic. > > After that, let's catch our collective breath and realize that Pentax > has been putting out cameras for a number of years, and every one of > those cameras has been able to take usable photos. They've had three > years since the istD came out to continue working on this digital > thing, and chances are they have again produced a camera that can > take usable photos. > > Honestly, I can't see the logic in squeezing every possible worry out > of a few shots taken with pre-production firmware. For that matter, > what's the point of =hoping= to be disappointed in the camera before > it even hits the streets? > > All this wailing and hand-wringing takes entirely too much energy. > Good grief, it's a freakin camera. It's not like it's the cure for > cancer. > > Tell ya what I plan to do. I plan to get hold of the K10D, look it > over, run it through some field tests, and decide what I like and > don't like about it. Then I'll decide if what I don't like about it > outweighs what I do like about it, and go from there. It's likely > that there will be some things about the camera that I find odd, but > I also expect that it, like most every Pentax I've used, will > probably be easy to figure out, and I'll adjust to any oddities. > > Now, say I don't like the camera. I guess it's possible. After all, I > never got along with the Super Program. But if I do, I'll express my > displeasure, and shoot with something else. > > And get on with my life. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
