Originally posted by PDL It is threads like this and the associated attitudes that leads DPR to label Pentax users as vindictive and intolerant.
Way to go.
I think the problem is that most of us here care a bit too much. Having been told that Pentax is doomed a lot and further, knowing that the release of new products ever since Hoya's acquisition has been slow at best, it is hard to see a review site deliberately ignoring the features that are Pentax's strong points. If you are going to do a review of the DFA *50, it would be well to state that is has some of the best wide open sharpness of any lens in its category, rather than to spend most of the time talking about how big it is and how it is a terrible performer from a LoCA standpoint.
I think most of us here understand that video and tracking auto focus aren't strong points of Pentax cameras, but DP Review does seem to beat those things to death while ignoring things like pixel shift, astro tracer, awesome still image quality and sealing. There isn't a right or a wrong -- the cameras are all good -- it's just that they don't care about the things that make Pentax cameras a good value.
I wouldn't go to DP Review for information -- not because I'm vindictive, but because their priorities (high frame rates, tiny cameras, and 4K video) aren't my priorities. It's like reading a movie reviewer who hates the sort of movies you like and trying to figure out what movies you should watch next. It's better to find someone who likes similar things as their likes and dislikes are more valuable.