Originally posted by raist3d
Wheat's dismissive attitude "if you need world class AF you need to buy something else" is so condescending and ridiculous that it's hard to tell whether it's insulting or funny. It's replies like that that really make me wonder where his vaunted years of so called experience are as a "professional."
- Raist
Since 1974 I've rarely had a "perfect" camera. My Oly OM-1 (bought new when current) had a flakey meter, my Nikon F2 had a tendency to not meter in very cold weather, My Bronica ETR-s had a habit of popping open the film door, dropping the insert and exposing the film, my Nikon F3 had a habit of shedding lenses on a whim, my Pentax 6x7 developed a very bad case of film advancitus (frame overlap), All three of my LX were unreliable, metering could not be trusted and it (by design) decided when to fire the flash and when not to, not to mention mirror bumpers that would melt and knock the camera out of focus register, I had a Super Program that was unusable at 1/8 - 1/30 second unless mounted to a 15 pound tripod because of mirror slap.
If I get a camera that mostly works and whose failings can be worked around, I'm happy.
So far, my experience with Pentax DSLRs has been pretty positive, my istD, while infuriatingly slow, to the point of being unusable as a wedding camera, worked flawlessly, though it's TTL flash control was typical garbage Pentax, both my K10 and K20 worked well within their high ISO limits, as does my K7.
The past 7 years has actually been quite refreshing because I've had cameras that work, even if they didn't work fast enough due to Pentax being so far behind the performance curve.
Pentax AF has NEVER been good enough for professional use, AF points have not been in the right place, AF points have been big enough that placing a point on an eye might just end up focusing on the nose anyway, I've had AF lock ups on my K10, K20 and K7 where the AF has apparently locked, and the camera has refused to fire until after the moment had passed.
And typical garbage Pentax flash control, though now it's called P-TTL. I suspect the P stands for p*ss poor
So no, I don't see this as that big a deal. In the grand scheme of things, I see this as same old, same old. I've dealt with it with every camera maker I've bought from.
What professionals do is figure out how to get the pictures they need to get with the equipment they have.
Besides, it's so much fun to tweak you peoples' noses until you are frothing at the mouth and then watch the resulting apoplectic histrionics that I just can't help doing it.
Enjoy photographing your focus charts, I believe I have a glamor shoot for a Valentines Day gift today.
I love my job.