[mee]

"They" as singular uncertain is currently used in American English, but it is terrible usage in an effort to be gender neutral. In correct usage "they" is plural.

In your opinion.

And the point I was making was to express to a potentially non-native English speaker that 'they' used in this context can be (and largely is) considered proper English grammar today. That is to say, there was nothing incorrect with my usage of this gender-neutral pronoun.

---------- Post added 01-13-17 at 06:11 PM ----------

Not exactly, mein Freund . To be nitpicky, Sayuri says that "strictly speaking, it (= the new camera to be announced on the 26th; by the way, on the 25th at 22:00 UTC / 23:00 CET for us European people but I digress) is not a further development of the K-3 II. On the contrary, it's a brand new concept, with a veeeeery well-considered battery grip system, in my opinion".

Yes, and I was referring to Sayuri as the 'they' in my response.

[wisent]

Considering battery grips have been pretty much the same for the past decade or so, it will be interesting to see what could make one muuuch better.

The attachment system used on the MZ-S comes to mind...
at least, that's what I hope for.

[stevebrot]

@steve

the source is german.
DigitalFotoNetz.de :: Thema anzeigen - K-3 III ?

The source appears to be somebody from a small Pentax club in Switzerland in a thread on a German forum reacting to "news" on Pentax Forums (this thread ). Most of the thread is silliness, jokes and speculation similar to what has been posted here. I don't see why this single post should be deemed credible anymore than if I were to state that there will be:

• New camera to be announced 1 March 2017 to ship 1 June 2017
• Innovative mirrorless design APS-C with three-stage EVF
• Unique expanding mount to accommodate K, Q, and the new "P" (short register, electronic coupling) mount without need for adapters

I will post more details as they become available.


Steve

[D1N0]

hmmm, it's not a K-3ii successor though, she said it's an "entirely new concept".

Curious if there will be a K-3ii successor as well down the road?
I'm still excited to see what's announced in two weeks!

That doesn't mean its not a sucessor. It means it's not a k-3 III.

[edmundrt]

The battery grip's power will be provided by the Theta docked within it. Set the camera to Fly mode and the prism opens up, revealing a propeller (this has replaced both the pop-up flash and the GPS). The Theta descends from the camera's undercarriage and the K-4iixs becomes a drone.

(I am looking forward to the actual announcement, whenever it may be)

[OTH]

The source appears to be somebody from a small Pentax club in Switzerland in a thread on a German forum reacting to "news" on Pentax Forums (this thread ). .... I don't see why this single post should be deemed credible anymore than if I .....
Steve

Because she's a serious source with a professional background and very good relations to Pentax. So you are ?

[lightbox]

The source appears to be somebody from a small Pentax club in Switzerland in a thread on a German forum reacting to "news" on Pentax Forums (this thread ). Most of the thread is silliness, jokes and speculation similar to what has been posted here. I don't see why this single post should be deemed credible anymore than if I were to state that there will be:

• New camera to be announced 1 March 2017 to ship 1 June 2017
• Innovative mirrorless design APS-C with three-stage EVF
• Unique expanding mount to accommodate K, Q, and the new "P" (short register, electronic coupling) mount without need for adapters

I will post more details as they become available.


Steve

Have we been baited?

[stevebrot]

Because she's a serious source with a professional background and very good relations to Pentax. So you are ?

Yep...I be expert and Pentax like me veeery much.


Steve

[RobA_Oz]

The attachment system used on the MZ-S comes to mind...
at least, that's what I hope for.

I can just imagine the grumbles about yet another grip to buy, but I have to agree that it's a neat system, from its appearance (not having used one). I dare say the use of the tripod mount makes it a little cheaper to manufacture, just the same.

[stevebrot]

Have we been baited?

Just my attempt to be credible source. BTW...the grip is nothing special...no batteries, just grip.



Steve

[OTH]

Yep...I be expert and Pentax like me veeery much.
Steve

• New camera to be announced 1 March 2017 to ship 1 June 2017

Steve

So please explain why should Pentax announce the new camera 1st of march ? The CP+ is end of february and without any doubt they will never miss that date to announce a new camera a week after the most important fair of cameras.

[lightbox]

Just my attempt to be credible source. BTW...the grip is nothing special...no batteries, just grip.



Steve

No, I meant from that other site. Maybe they know we're jumpy want to have some fun

[mee]

So please explain why should Pentax announce the new camera 1st of march ? The CP+ is end of february and without any doubt they will never miss that date to announce a new camera a week after the most important fair of cameras.

I think steve was just attempting rude humor in his mocking of the quoted information; he was inventing his own 'facts' to mock the other news infos since he feels they are entirely false.

[stevebrot]

So please explain why should Pentax announce the new camera 1st of march ?

Why is Japanese writing right to left? I broke my NDA and you question the significance of dates?


Steve

(...I really suck at blatant trolling...)

[Parallax]

So please explain why should Pentax announce the new camera 1st of march ? The CP+ is end of february and without any doubt they will never miss that date to announce a new camera a week after the most important fair of cameras.

See here