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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
08-15-2014, 12:43 PM
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Well, Shirley, what did you expect from plastic surgery?
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Forum: Pentax K-01
03-20-2013, 03:33 PM
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My new friend. The optical viewfinder was made by Nicca in the 1950's and is adjustable from 3.5 cm to 13.5 cm focal lengths.
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Forum: Pentax K-01
03-20-2013, 02:59 PM
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That is a really nice picture. It's much better than the one I took a few days ago with a Nikon d3200. You'll notice that mine, even though my camera settings were similar to yours, is much noisier. I suspect that the larger megapixel count of the Nikon is at least somewhat to blame. I've noticed that the K-01 I got when the price dropped has a better IQ under most circumstances than the Nikon, the only exception seems to be bright sunshine. Live and learn. Now if I can only afford a few Pentax lenses.
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Forum: Pentax K-01
02-14-2013, 12:00 AM
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Wow, what an awsome lot of photos! Here are some from wandering around Oklahoma.
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Forum: Pentax K-01
02-02-2013, 05:56 AM
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Well, even if it's been discontinued, I am really glad I got a copy before they went away. I bought mine when the price dropped below $400 and I can only say that it has really grown on me since I did. I like the reactions I get to the funky looks and the IQ is great. It's become my go-to camera, especially for taking to places like the Canton's Trade Days or the Stock Show. The reactions to it are similar to those I get when I'm using one of my old Spotmatics or my 645, and for me that's half the fun of taking photos.
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Forum: Pentax K-01
12-22-2012, 09:54 PM
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I like the skins. I just got a k-01 and I knew it reminded me of something retro, but it took me a while to figure it out.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
04-24-2012, 10:56 PM
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So you joined, made a post, then a long impassioned post to tell us how upset you are at yourself that you left Pentax a month too soon? * I've hardly left Pentax. I currently own 18 35mm slrs, a 645 medium format camera, two Pentax dslrs and enough Pentax glass that if melted down could glaze a cathedral. The market figures are crazy, however. Canon has a market capitalization of $55 billion. I don't know how large Nikon itself is, but it's part of Mitsubishi. Pentax was just sold for $125 million. Talk about David and Goliath! The only bright spot is that Ricoh has a $13 billion enterpise value and is owned (55%) by Hitachi. Ricoh, however, has a debt load larger than its market cap and too many employees. Its stock is down 20% in the last year. Buying a Nikon is just hedging. I might add that, as much as I love their equipment, Pentax has a 1.5% global share of the digital camera market.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
04-24-2012, 07:09 PM
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I can only say that it is disingenuous to say that Pentax has not raised prices because they have not changed MSRP. They caused prices to rise and that is the same thing. The argument irritates me because it reminds me of the kind of thing that you hear lawyers say. Even so, what worries me is the extreme change in the market for photography that changes in technology are bringing. First film pretty much disappeared, and now point and shoot cameras are disappearing because they are being replaced by cell phone cameras. The only dedicated cameras I expect to see within a short period will be those that are mid to high end, in other words those that can do things that cell phone cameras can't. When there is this level of change in an industry only those companies that have resources, innovation, and flexibility survive. Look at how many car companies went bankrupt in the 1920's or how many computer and software companies met their fate in the 1980's. And those were in industries that were rapidly expanding. The market for dedicated photographic instruments seems to be flat or shrinking. I really don't know how many or what companies will survive, but I hope that Pentax is among the few. I've been using their products since I bought a K1000 back in the late 70's and I've never been seriously dissatisfied. Far more often I've been extremely pleased. That said, I just ordered a Nikon D3200 to replace my K-x.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
02-06-2012, 05:49 PM
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