Originally posted by Fenwoodian You may be happy with the slow pace of Pentax's development of new products. You are one who's obviously satisfied with using yesterday's technology.
Me, I'm continually buying cutting edge gear and spend lots of money each year on the latest camera gear.
I like both modern and "yesterday's technology". Increasingly the latter, actually. A few years ago, I liked to have at least current generation equipment, but as time has progressed (and I've progressed with it), I've found my photographic skills to be far more important than the equipment. Indeed, I still have a lot of work to do... The limitations are largely mine, not my equipment. Of course, that equipment still has to be decent quality and capable... but for me, it doesn't need to be the latest. I guess I'm lucky in that respect.
I'm not speaking of you, here, Dave - but I do wonder how many photographers are buying into equipment simply for the sake of having the latest and greatest, rather than a
genuine need for performance and features their current gear doesn't provide. Of course, there's nothing wrong with buying all the latest kit just for the sake of it, if you can comfortably afford to. Toys are fun, and fun is good. But I wonder how much of that fancy new gear, with fancy new features, actually translates into better photographs?
That said, the manufacturers are no doubt dependent on the desire to have the latest equipment, and they play on it by offering more and more bells and whistles that most people will never need. But thank goodness those people want them, or the companies would be out of business!