Originally posted by rparmar Yep, and they corrected their error, which is more than most would do. To me, this is cause for props not slops. But then again I don't believe anyone is perfect, not even reviewers at photography websites.
Your response is to repeatedly insult the reviewer and question their integrity. How very gracious of you!
I never questioned the integrity of the writer of the preview. I never accused (him?) of any bias, nor did I ever state that (he) or DPR had any nefarious intent WRT the K-01. In fact I originally wrote that the corrected preview was, I thought, fair and even handed.
I observed that the D800 page on Amazon has a direct link to the DPR review of the D800. I observed that I find the link placement interesting.
I stated the original preview was hasty, sloppy, inattentive and unprofessional journalism. The writer didn't put enough effort into the "preview" to even credit the obvious ability to meter manual focus lenses, which the pre-production camera clearly can do. He directly stated the K-01 does not have an aperture lever, which clearly the pre-production camera does have.
When DPR "corrected" their sloppy, hasty, inattentive and unprofessional error they blamed everyone but themselves. Furthermore they deleted reasonable comments by reasonable posters pointing out their error- several of them posted by members here. Some of those are shown earlier on this thread and the other thread.
This Forum was started in part to host a Pentax discussion for and by people who are even-handed and fair to the brand (and who are realistic about the other brands, as amply demonstrated by recent discussion of the D800). Many of the original members came here because they had been banned from DPR for responding to the precise sloppiness and thin-skinned behavior they demonstrated yesterday. Clearly they haven't changed a whit over the years.
You can impugn my grace all day long if you so choose. You can repeatedly plump for MFT and an adapter (although losing the ability to autofocus a Pentax lens) hourly - and you will. You can denigrate the K-01 until you are blue in the face. Adam won't ban you. The Mods won't warn you. Your comments won't be deleted.
DPR has always lacked and still lacks character and they still screwed up. Still Done and Done.
Last edited by monochrome; 03-24-2012 at 06:25 PM.