From: Zos Xavius <[email protected]> > > I'm kind of underwhelmed with the A7 to be honest. First of all, I > hate sony as a company and would only buy a camera from them if they > were the last company on earth.
Zos, that statement basically casts a pale over the rest that you write. It's also characteristic of comments often seen here and on many other lists regardless of brand. That is the apparent lack of, or temporary lack of intellectual honesty. The definition is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_honesty > Secondly, its downright ugly, not that > I would care in the end, but dammit I want to look *good* with my > camera on my shoulder. We all like our gear to look good. I frankly like the lines of the A7's. To be honest I'd have preferred a NEX style without the prism-like hump, but I wasn't the designer. Actually it shares basic lines with every DSLR ever made. > Thirdly its is a Nex which means nex-style > ergonomics and awful, unbalanced handling. It's not a NEX, it's a Sony E-mount camera with the (a)lpha designation. I have two NEX's. They are not unbalanced nor do they have bad ergonomics IMO. Have you used a NEX for any period of time to back up the statement? Even the accidental video button press is grossly exaggerated. It's my opinion, others will disagree, that we adjust to ergonomics over time and it's what you've come use to. I still feel strange turning the lens in the opposite direction Pentax to mount/dismount with Nikon. It's not the Nikon at fault, it's my mental conditioning after using Pentax for 22 years. Eventually it'll become second nature with Nikons. > Maybe after I read some > reviews and see some good samples I might change my mind, but its way > out of the ballpark price wise for me anyways. I'd much rather wait > for a proper Pentax FF DSLR to be honest, which I likely won't be able > to afford either. Damn. IMO the K-3 is a better camera. FF isn't > everything. > It would be very difficult for Pentax to sell a FF camera for less than the A, considering economies of scale. Just putting a FF sensor in a K-3 and adding the additional cost would bring it close, not to mention additional likely changes to shutter, stabilization, and more. Claiming the K-3 is a better camera without evidence, and denying the advantages of FF as if they are irrelevant simply because one does not have them or may not be able to afford them at the moment goes to my first point . Tom C. -- 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.
