Originally posted by troika I totally agree with you, except that I have no use for GPS.
Neither do I or most of the other professional photogs...
while I would appreciate 4K Video for documenting a "Set" before the shooting(and other purposes) and WiFi for directly uploading previews of my work to certain platforms.
I could even take pleasure in having a touchscreen, but only in case they dont implement a thumbstick for setting the position of the active focus-point(s)...
But i am not a touchscreen-fan and certainly would prefer a "Thumbstick" near the position where i would normally rest my right thumb.
(I would trade both of the "fantastico"-wheels for a grippy thumbstick at the right position...
but people will always come up with worshiping the built-in-GPS in the K-1 because some of them believe its a strong argument for that camera...
While actually the
build quality/ruggedness of the body, 2 Card Slots, the amazing Image Quality and Pixelshift are the sole reasons for saying the K-1 is the best bang for the buck, IMHO.
And some will always argue with what they are fascinated about the most...(They dont care if that thing/feature is absolutely superfluous for professional work.)
And they will do that(discuss you to death) no matter what the actual discussion was about... be it a thread about a potential successor to the K-3 (so APS-C)
...they always come up with that argument and for them this is true, while for us it is not.
(The issue that actually set off the avalanche... was the fact that the KP is not anywhere near the build quality of the K-3... somebody wanted to justify that by saying : it has to be that way otherwise its GPS would not work.)
Up to now it seems to me, that not many people realised, that the Pentax KP has absolutely no GPS built in, whilst the K-1 which has the same build quality as the K-3 or better... has GPS built in.
People still are discussioning the Pentax KP's "build-quality-because-of-GPS-issue" and its technological background even though there is
none.. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Soo... no need to argue with people who "set other preferences"... If they are obsessed about a feature (or even a non-feature) its better to discuss about something else.
(Actually i wouldnt have brought it up again, but i was in a kind of a "flow" writing this and the main reason for answering to your answer is just saying, that there
could be use for a touchscreen.
Of course only IF! :
there is no thumbstick of course and the cameras live-view AF is vera capable, of course.
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Originally posted by reh321 Yes, there are many here who don't trust the materials that modern aircraft, etc are made from.
I don't see what was unclear about my statement.
I thought that maybe was sarcasm, because:
... good build quality is good build quality ... (also a very clear fact)
Maybe you are right and it aint that bad... but hey... The KPs top will crack open much sooner than ANY metal and its not the thick'n'hard (nearly plastics like)rubber that can absorb shocks(i would be happy to see THAT material on a camera)...
so what are the actual advantages you see in using that mere plastic-material on top of the KP and where did you get the info, that the very same material is used in aeronautics?
(of course no one is supposed to drop his/her camera)
Am i discussing actually, while i formerly said... we shouldnt?