Originally posted by Parallax People don't like not having, or not being able to have the things they want. If, however, you don't want something, then you are not deprived by not having it. I think a lot of product bashing is from people trying to convince themselves that they don't want something.
I don't know, why do people post threads about a Nikon cameras on a Pentax forum? Especially when those who are interested can go to the sister site that is devoted to Nikon. Must be some kind of bash wish.
I didn't bash it, in fact I said, in the end if Pentax made it, and did it right, which I'm thinking Nikon didn't, I'd really like it. But the simple fact is, it doesn't use Pentax glass, and I'm a practical kind of guy.
The one thing I'd really like would be the old stop down metering where I set the aperture on the lens. The camera leaves the lens wide open for focusing and then stops down when the picture is taken. I could easily see what my DoF was etc. just by looking at the DoF scale on the lens. I could change the aperture on the lens a system I much preferred to trying to set the f-Stop with a dial watching a little screen. Apparently, while the Df is an attempt to go retro, it isn't what I want.
Now I can go through all the effort to figure all that out, or I can just call it names. So in the end, I resent even answering this post about it. It made me think way more about this camera than it deserves. But I honestly think the guys who just say "it sucks " and move on are smarter than me. I knew I wouldn't like it in the end, and wasted a lot of time figuring out why.
I'd still buy a digital K-1000 with the stop down lever, and manual lens controls and a DoF guide on top of the lens with at least 4 f-stops on it..... but that isn't what this is. This is modern done retro, with a few of the old features, but not many of the important ones.