... and I'm back from the seminar. It wasn't that informative, it was more for entertainment (and entertaining, it was!). I don't think it's worth making a new thread just for that.
Akagi-san is a pro photographer and Sasaki-san is editor in chief of Nippon Camera magazine. Sasaki-san would ask Akagi-san questions about DSLR or K-3III or Pentax or Akagi-san's work or whatever, that was the rough structure of the talk. But they didn't really discuss if there's a future for DSLR, it was more like two guys in a bar talking about random things, rooting for (D)SLR, K-3 III and things (w/o beer, though they often used alcohol references). Akagi san uses mostly mirrorless but also DSLR and film SLR for his job, but prefers the latter two for private use.
Things that were interesting to me:
- Akagi-san put Fisheye Takumar F/11 on K-3III, looked into VF and said that it was a dark lens, and that he cannot tell if a lens is bright or dark using EVF.
- Akagi-san used the phrase "不変のKマウント" (Immutable K mount) when discussing how seamlessly he can use old K mount lenses on K-3III, which was a serious jab to Nikon's once long-standing "Immutable F mount" sales pitch. He said it in a joking manner, but he said that!!!
- Akagi-san said that under COVID restriction he's been looking at LCDs of cellphones and tablets and things from the morning till night. Looking into OVF in private as opposed to EVF feels good to him.
- Sasaki-san likes that PENTAX logo on the prism cover of K-3 III is not overhanging, said that it's a beautiful design. Probably he didn't like K-30 and J Limiteds.
- Many pros send their work to Nippon Camera magazine in a hope that it will be featured as a frontispiece. Sasaki-san said that it was almost all DSLR 10 years ago, then ~5 years ago pros started submitting pictures shot with mirrorless. However, as of now, vast majority of submissions are film. (I'm surprised!!)