segedi
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The new Pentax looks small and heavy compared to other DSLRs.I could see something like that as a lightweight counterpart to my Phase One kit. It's big and heavy.
But I would be looking at the new Pentax K-1 not a Sony.
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The new Pentax looks small and heavy compared to other DSLRs.I could see something like that as a lightweight counterpart to my Phase One kit. It's big and heavy.
But I would be looking at the new Pentax K-1 not a Sony.
Exactly my feelings! Especially about GetDPI - civil, informative, fun and extremely useful. Guy, Jack and Bob are to be congratulated for making it so.DPR is painful, traumatizing really. I rarely go to their forums anymore. It is like reading the comments at your local newspaper's website. Cesspool of insanity there.
FM is much, much better. Discourse is generally pretty informed and balanced there.
And this place is great!
Exactly. Why is the OP so sensitive? Does he think Sony can't improve with some healthy critique?I love my A7RII but there are a LOT of things that could be improved. Sony product planners / product managers could just look at the competition and copy best practices as a start. I suggest they start with a breakdown of the Ricoh GR UX/UI and pick up some ideas there - just got that camera recently and wow, what a true photographers p&s camera. And look at the touchscreen interface on the GH4. Lots to learn from all the camera companies.
Sadly, there will never be a perfect camera, for me or anyone else.
DPR is painful, traumatizing really. I rarely go to their forums anymore. It is like reading the comments at your local newspaper's website. Cesspool of insanity there.
FM is much, much better. Discourse is generally pretty informed and balanced there.
And this place is great!
i would tend to agree with EVERYTHING you said with the caveat that Leica and for different reason Sony tends to elicit another level of hate from photographers that are financially and emotionally invested in other systems. This is coming from a former Leica, Panasonic, and Canon shooter that is now a Sony shooter. I will say that Leica and Sont shooters tend to be a bit more passionate in the idiosyncrasies of those particular systems and choose them specifically because they are different than the CaNikon DSLR's. This encourages negative responses as Leica and Sony shooter are akin to "cult members" for daring to be different by other shooters. I used to think it was about the financial proposition that inspired negativity with Leica but MF shooters don't collect the same amount of disdain and they pay much more for their cameras.I think the problem is that the percentage of "dislikers" and "criticizers" who do post on the net is higher than the percentage of people who use and enjoy a product.
Therefore , when reading the internet, on can get the impression that there are many people out there who do not like a product.
But I am pretty sure that it has nothing to do with the real situation.
We must not believe that the internet mirrors a representative opinion.
If it trusts you: Leica is bashed even more often.
I would say Canon, Nikon, Sony, Leica, Pentax,...all offer good products. But there will allways be people who think tradional DSLRs are outdated, who believe Sony is a computer not a camera and Leica is for snobs.
Who cares. What counts if what works well for you.
Don't put you in the same boat like those gurus, Guy!What bothers me more than anything and this is recent years is the you tube wanna be gurus that really give out bad info but praise everything in there hands. I can't trust reviews anymore and it's put me in a bad spot because I do reviews but refuse to be called one of them now as its really bothers me today what I see and read. And actually I been mislead on a adapter and had to have a new one FedX overnight to shoot a job. That was way to close for comfort by 3 hours. That's not how I depend on my system. So I'm very leary now on these so called gurus.