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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
06-22-2023, 03:53 PM
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This is common to underplay features that your favourite brand does not have. IBIS for example was always downplayed by the Canonikon crowd until they got it.
AF-C has always been a sore point for Pentax until the K-3 Mk.III which comes more than 10 years too late. Of course, now that I don't as much need AF-C, Pentax fixed it.
But what I like about Pentax is that they always strive for the best picture quality. They definitely are not into sports too much, but their bodies and glass very often strike a good balance between price and quality. And they are a joy to use which play an important part in photography I think.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-20-2012, 03:44 PM
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I went to a big camera store in a city close to Montreal and I was looking at cameras displayed there. There was a good portion reserved to Pentax. What I found funny was that they don't carry Nikon at all. There was every brand you could imagine even Fuji x-pro. But no Nikon.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-29-2011, 04:21 AM
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No, it's just horses for courses. I wouldn't lung a 7D+70-200 just to be able to shoot sports once in a while. There's nothing like a K-5+DA15 in Canonland. And with cameras as good as the K-5, FF can wait.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-27-2011, 03:29 PM
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Ha ha I would die to see this ad in the prude U.S.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-22-2011, 06:12 AM
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Which goes to show how much marketing is powerful. Pentax as a brand has to be revitalized that's why I think products like the 645D even if they don't make money directly are the best marketing tools.
The one thing I like about my Pentax is that I don't have to tape the brand name on my camera which I would certainly do if I was using a Canon or a Nikon. For at least two reasons: thieves and gearheads
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-11-2011, 04:56 AM
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What I find even more rare than a Pentax sight is people changing lenses. I'm changing all the time but I've yet to see someone doing it. 80% of the DSLR I see are a Canon/Nikon with the kit lens. Even the few Pentax I saw are K-x/K100D type of camera with kit lens. I don't recall ever seeing K-5 or K-7. OTOH I'm not always checking what other people shoot with.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-02-2011, 06:13 AM
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The 1st one I like. The second one, unfortunately now many brands jumped on the "cheap" WR bandwagon (D7000 and now the A77), so it's not so much a differentiator especially now that Pentax has dropped entry-level WR like the K200D.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-01-2011, 06:13 AM
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You know that could be a good ad for Pentax: imagine a babe smiling with her Pentax (and a nice bikini) circled by grumpy old men with black/yellow strap cameras (Nikon) on the left and the blue/white/red straps on the right (Canon). I guess it's too macho but... one can dream that Pentax one day would do better on marketing and make being alone in a herd an advantage. Speaking of marketing I kind of liked the old Asahi Pentax ads
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-31-2011, 05:23 PM
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Doesn't it just means that Pentax shooters are too advanced to need a course for "beginners / intermediate"? :)
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