thnx for the feedback guys.
Appreciate it.

I'm making a mount for my soon to be mine k5 to use the ipad as a lightsource.....
that is right iso 1600, ipad as a flat panel light f1.4-f4

and if the best they could do in house was crap compared to outsourcing?

Pentax made mechanical cameras like the lx.... and great optics like the 31... but Sony makes great sensors, as does canon.... they make great electronics because they have had more resources devoted to those feilds even before cameras went digital.... Sony had to buy minolta to make a half decent camera...

It is like assuming one swordmaker is making substandard swords because he buys the steel insead of making it.... maybe he just cannot make the right steel, so should he stop making swords, or just buy the steel from somebody that makes better steel, and do what he does best.. make swords from it?

The doll house effect is from the 10-17 fisheye, that is all full sized furnature..

bob hoskins
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Pentax does not need to make the sensor.... they just need to make it work, and put it in a great camera body with top performing lenses.

I think there are two biographies...
The real weegee
and
Stanly Kubric A life in pictures (we know about his movies, but he was a photographer first)

The one thing I'd bring, based solely on what I've read, is a period prop or two, like some 50's or 60's clothing and hat.... I understand that it is very easy to get a retro look to a shot there as the buildings are older and the there are a lot of vintage American cars around compared to most places...

My bathroom is bigger...lol!
But the guy designing the sets and furniture is awesome..... Unbelievably talented....