What your camera says about you...

[996GT2]

http://gizmodo.com/5678601/what-your-choice-of-camera-says-about-you

 

[sixone]

lol

 

[alfa147x]

haha

I won't be switching to Nikon though

 

[996GT2]

haha

I won't be switching to Nikon though

I already made the switch to Canon after the D200 so I think I'm covered there.

 

[PhlashFoto]

haha

I won't be switching to Nikon though

As I won't be switching to Canon.


But the Sony one was best!

 

[yhelothar]

Pentax
You're the sort of person who would buy a $400 DSLR body so you can use a stash of finely handcrafted, thread-mount, K-mount and M-mount prime lenses from decades ago that costs a total of $75 off ebay; either that, or you've never heard of a Spotmatic, Pentax LX or Takumar, but like all the cutting edge features that are found in their budget line of DSLRs that aren't found in the top brands. You realize that people are laughing at you, but the real joke is on them.

:awe:

 

[996GT2]

Pentax
You're the sort of person who would buy a $400 DSLR body so you can use a stash of finely handcrafted, thread-mount, K-mount and M-mount prime lenses from decades ago that costs a total of $75 off ebay; either that, or you've never heard of a Spotmatic, Pentax LX or Takumar, but like all the cutting edge features that are found in their budget line of DSLRs that aren't found in the top brands. You realize that people are laughing at you, but the real joke is on them.

:awe:

I'm no expert on MF lenses, but the Minolta MC-Rokkor I recently bought for my E-PL1 seems much better made (all metal, smoother focusing, better aperture click feel) than any of the Pentax 50mms I've tried before, and I've tried a few of them back when I had a K1000.

 

[yhelothar]

I'm no expert on MF lenses, but the Minolta MC-Rokkor I recently bought for my E-PL1 seems much better made (all metal, smoother focusing, better aperture click feel) than any of the Pentax 50mms I've tried before, and I've tried a few of them back when I had a K1000.

You must've not tried the super multi coated takumar. You probably tried the A lens, which was their newer line of manual focus lens. Those were primarily made of plastic and had much worse feel than their old ones. But on the plus side, they had the A mode so it works with automatic exposure mode.

 

[996GT2]

You must've not tried the super multi coated takumar. You probably tried the A lens, which was their newer line of manual focus lens. Those were primarily made of plastic and had much worse feel than their old ones. But on the plus side, they had the A mode so it works with automatic exposure mode.

Looks nice, but the build quality on that Takumar similar to most older manual focus lenses that I've seen. I don't think that level of build quality is unique to Pentax. During that era, pretty much any lens from any maker was solid metal and built like a tank.

 

[yhelothar]

Looks nice, but the build quality on that Takumar similar to most older manual focus lenses that I've seen. I don't think that level of build quality is unique to Pentax. During that era, pretty much any lens from any maker was solid metal and built like a tank.

Probably true. I think the main part of it is that Pentax is the only one with the ease of backwards compatibility with their old lenses. Although old MF pentax lenses actually work really well on the Canon EF mount.

<- wants a 5D so baaaad

 

[996GT2]

Probably true. I think the main part of it is that Pentax is the only one with the ease of backwards compatibility with their old lenses. Although old MF pentax lenses actually work really well on the Canon EF mount.

<- wants a 5D so baaaad

Actually, one of the benefits of the Canon EF mount is its short flange distance. Except for 4/3 system and the mirrorless systems, EF has the shortest flange focal distance of any digital SLR system. As a result, it is possible to adapt almost every major manual focus mount to EF with a simple $10 ebay adaptor.

It's a bit ironic, actually. You can mount a Nikon F, Pentax K, M42, Contax CY, Olympus OM, or Leica R lens onto a Canon EOS camera with a simple adapter, yet you can't do the same with Canon's own FD lenses

 

[erry2010]

wow.i want to have this camera too.so nice.