Originally posted by neokind That echoes my thought with respect to the OP’s. I can’t speak for others, nor do I want to do so, but stating that another system has a feature absent in Pentax isn’t intended to be hostile, but a mere statement of fact. Whether it is better or worse isn’t really an objective judgment scenario since application is critical for determining need. I’ve had great experience with my Pentax gear, and it offers great value for money. But there are certainly gaps in its feature set and performance that are met by others. If it’s not what I want, why would I be bothered by what someone else likes?
See, here is where we differ. If i want information, I ask for it.
Not to mention that offering information without a request is arrogance in the extreme. The person seems to think they have something relevant to say. Like the guy who offered that I couldn't comment on how bad Pentax AF was, the day after I tried out a Nikon D810 in the store. Ot the guy who told me how good EVF was right after I'd tried 3 different EVF systems, and found they made me dizzy. There is every possibility others know more than the person offering the information.
There's a line between offering information when asked and bragging about your equipment, when no one asked.
And I fail to see how even if you are asked, excluding price information is in any way useful,
There are very few of us here on the forum, who are "performance at any cost" buyers. We are more likely to be describe as "value for dollars spent" buyers. Given the company's recent history, they wouldn't be Pentax shooters if they weren't/
So in what way does unsolicited comparison between my gear and someone else's high end gear do anyone any good?
This is particularly annoying when people buy different gear for issues they have that you don't have a problem with. I read a lot of these posts about problems people are having with their gear and some of it is camera related, but some of it is just ignorance on display. Especially stuff like they went from a 30% keeper rate and now they have a 90% keeper rate, when you've never had less than a 70% keeper rate even using AF.c tracking. Sometimes you just feel like saying "you need to learn how to use your gear more than you need new camera." and the reason I don't need the camera you bought is because my technique is good enough to get a 70%-100% keeper rate with what i have."
I think most Pentax users enjoy the challenge of getting more from less, would rather improve their technique than spend money on equipment that reduces the need for technique and don't get sucked in by marketing stuff.
There was this kid in HS who was always telling everyone what he just bought, how expensive it was and he'd then ask if we wanted to come back to his place and see it. We all hated that kid.
Same deal.