First, i wanted to thank Kenspo for his work, but i think there where others too, that recklessly held their flags up high for PENTAX and got bullied for it afterwards, by envious people.
Originally posted by grahame Pentax users are used to be long time Pentax fan and are friendly to each other. Maybe it is a good sign that more new users are joining us?
I recently joined pentaxforums, but I read PF for a long time now, and I would say, that more than once... some forum members brought great ideas and got bullied for that afterwards...
I think I can remember even one name out of those who are now tappin kenspos shoulders being very rude, feeling easily offended and immediately animating their admin-friend(s) to kill off distinct posts.
posts, that state something alike get deleted pretty soon. I eagerly wait to see what will happen with this post.
It's the same with criticism about the K-1...
... response is always like on some LINUX forum,
where some user who wants to shine (but actually will not have a good clue) and therefore says:
"Everything is perfect... you just think the wrong way. Stay friendly!"
(what actually helps -> ZIP)
So, I dont think that is good. Because when there is an issue, there is an issue.
And in no way does a good new idea mean, that past approaches or methods are real bad. No improvements can be made when "STATUSQUO" gets locked and considered being perfect.
Admittedly, there are some things, that appearently just cant get better...(K-5 body design for instance... what IMHO equals Canon 5D body design just with a different approach, but thats another story and others may see it in some other way and one has to respect that)
And PENTAX cameras are in no way "just a good deed" like open-source software...
They offer products, just like Canon, Nikon, Sony, etc. and therefore it should be allowed to speak honestly about their drawbacks, just like on other maker-specific forums.
I am not so sure, PENTAX would have bought into the ring-motor game, if those users(who got bullied, banned and considered reckless), wouldnt have expressed the unsatisfying AF-Speed (of the lenses) and raised their voices.
Thanks to those people(who got bullied for speaking out loud what everybody has got in the back of their heads),
we actually now can enjoy speedy Ring-Motor driven AF in the new HD PENTAX-DA★ 11-18mm F2.8 and HD PENTAX-D FA★ 50mm F1.4 SDM AW...
...and hopefully in all the other upcoming lenses.
And since that announcement... I sincerely grow hope that we see a massive increase in AF-Points, and better AF-algorithms, so the AF in future PENTAX cameras will act more
decisive.
For that i just wanted to say:
THANK YOU, kenspo. Thanks to all the other ambassadors who put a bit of pressure on R&D.
And thanks to all the other users who always argued in favor of improvements and progress.
And i wanted to say "Thank you for your hard work and trying to convince other people to demand progress for THEIR brand"...
. He, who is satisfied too early, will realise his dissatisfaction too late .