Try learning how to read and understand sometime. Far as I'm concerned, any attempt to explain anything to you is like trying to instruct a dung beetle how to do higher mathematics.
My statement says the following: "The automation available for the non-electronic lenses with current DSLR bodies is satisfactory for the limited uses that a professional expects from them." Now shut up, fuckface. G On Oct 19, 2006, at 11:15 AM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > You are contradicting yourself. On one hand you > Say that "pros" want and or need automation like > AF or quickshift but on the other hand you say > They don't need the automation that K/M lenses > Can provide and has been left of the recent > DSLR cameras. This, IMHO, makes you full of shit! > > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > Godfrey DiGiorgi > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:42 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The JCO survey > > On Oct 19, 2006, at 8:17 AM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: >> There is one thing I don't understand about your "pro" >> Statement, to pros, cameras are just tools. ... > > Yes, to a professional photographer, cameras are just tools. One > changes one's tools as time progresses to obtain the best advantage > for the work at hand. Most professional shooters will prefer to move > to the latest glass to take advantage of improvements in lens design > and coatings, as well as other features like AF and QuickShift, > rather than harboring an large collection of ancient lenses that pose > no real advantage to their work. They don't become "attached" > emotionally to the equipment or a single way of working. > > For my needs as a professional photographer, the amount of backwards > compatibility provided by Pentax is more than adequate. For the > extremely few, unique lenses that I might desire despite how old they > are, the current setup works satisfactorily for anything I might > consider doing with them. > > Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

