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Originally posted by Jewelltrail You have a habit of misreading posters. I believe in helping people, so I'll give you another try. But you will need to try harder too--okay? Let's try again, very slooooowly:
Just don't fall over yourself condescending. I simply typed too fast. I said:
Originally posted by Laurentiu Cristofor How can it then be a disappointment just because dpreview gave it a recommended rating?
when I meant to say: "How can it then be a disappointment just because dpreview
did not gave it a recommended rating?"
BTW, the Pentax K-r didn't get a recommended rating from dpreview either. I guess that camera didn't really take it off either.
Adorama also says "This item is in high demand and supplies from the manufacturer are limited. Since we cannot guarantee that we will receive additional quantities in a timely manner we decided not to accept new orders at this time. Orders are filled on a first-come, first-served basis". B&H shows the item as "temporarily out of stock" and amazon shows it the same way - you'll only find it on amazon from third party sellers at a hiked price. To me this looks like they're selling all they can produce - that is usually a good indication of success.
Originally posted by Jewelltrail Besides, and I'll try one more time in the interest of helping you, I did not say the camera has not taken off. Here is what I said. Try to read the sentence slowly, it might help you to grasp its contextual meaning if you do this--thanks.
Jewelltrail: Once the quirks are removed I suspect the camera will really take off. So, you did not say the camera has not taken off, but you imply it has not really taken off. Are you saying something like "the camera took it off at a trotting pace, but once those quirks are nailed, we'll see it really gallop into the sunset"?
Those quirks will only be used as a pretext by people that weren't going to buy the camera anyway. Fixing them will make existing users happier, but it won't have a boosting effort on sales.