Be Careful What You Wish For?
Is it me, or does this camera look way too busy? I quick-count at least 20 knobs or buttons and another 1/2 dozen dials/switches. This is retro? And what's with that towering Photomic finder? What's in there? Maybe it was designed by a committee, listening to the same type of fan-geezers (not 'boys' anymore, not by 50 years) we have here, who demand a digital K1000, MX, LX, etc. Be careful what you wish for!
"Let's see, they want an ISO dial, no problem, check. Shutter speed dial, Check. EV Comp on a dial? Check. Mode dial with minimal choices, that's retro, right? Check. Film advance lever? Ummm, maybe not, we'll get back to you on that. This is modeled after a film camera, right? No video, it's for the 'old school' crowd. Check. No built-in flash, Check. Hot Shoe, Check. OH, wait, here's someone who suggested an old plunger-style cable release! Great Idea! Checko. Wait! Zebra colors!!! Check."
All of which is NOT to say it's a looming sale disaster. No, there's probably enough fanboy/girl/geezer spendy trendy hipster wannabes to put this on the map for a couple of months, a darling of the (new) Dodge Challenger/leased Porsche crowd, Vroom, Vroom, got my retro Nikon, sing along with Paul Simon's 'Kodachrome' real loud, eat dust, Canon, never grow old, $2700 bucks to feel young again? A bargain.
When you try to please everyone, you please no one.
Pentaxians, beware!
JMO,
Ron
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