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Comment by jules posted on Ricoh may close shutter on personal camera business at 13/04/2017 - 04:44
stu62 wrote:
was it called dolly jules
Aye Dolly the D7500, just like Dolly the D7200 and Dolly the D7100 and Dolly the D7000...........was it called dolly jules
Comment by jules posted on Ricoh may close shutter on personal camera business at 12/04/2017 - 22:10
Mike-P wrote:
Back? Well yeah, 50/50 split with my Fuji Mike, one of each, had two Fuji bodies but I just can't make myself stump up nearly £1500 for APSC to replace my DSLR style X-T1, so I traded it and some of my glass but I opted for a KP 10-17mm Fishey, 16-50mmF2.8 SDM and a 50-135mm F2.8 SDM (Got the two F2.8's brand new for £950 all up!) to run alongside my X-Pro2 and lenses. in hindsight it's a bit of a bugger because I nearly went for a K1 and would have saved myself £400 on the new price but the bloody boat anchor with it's F2.8 zooms would have never left the house, I have some contractual arrangments at present which means I'lll still be shooting Fuji for most of this year for my Landscape work but for pleasure initially I thought it might be nice to have a Pentax around the house. Not been out in the wild with it as yet but there is no rush, found it hard to put down around the house though, trying to re-learn all I have totally forgotten about DSLR's, it's a totally different world to CSC shooting, If I'm going to be honest here, I could care less about any restructuring, cost benefit analysis or whatever Mr Yamashita puts Ricoh Jpn thru, if they continue to make products as beautifully screwed together as the KP is, I'm in, if they fold I may yet just buy a K1 to go with it and live happy ever after...jules wrote:
Agreed! As someone who has just re-invested 3000x the companies $1 worth in them, I hope they keep going!
Have I read that correctly Jules, you are back with Pentax yet again?Agreed! As someone who has just re-invested 3000x the companies $1 worth in them, I hope they keep going!
As an aside I tried a D7500 that a Nikon Rep I know was hiding under his jacket the other day, yep it's all whizz bang and all of that but it's like a black plastic bar of soap compared to a KP.
Consumerist B@$t7rd children of sheep born in a petri dish, consumed by sheep who in turn meet their fate like sheep.... Meh
Comment by jules posted on Ricoh may close shutter on personal camera business at 12/04/2017 - 19:53
stu62 wrote:
if they was going to do that i dont think they would have bought out the kp
Agreed! As someone who has just re-invested 3000x the companies $1 worth in them, I hope they keep going! if they was going to do that i dont think they would have bought out the kp
New CEO took over on April 1st "Yoshinori Yamashita"
We may all end up remebering him... for... something...
Comment by jules posted on Ricoh may close shutter on personal camera business at 12/04/2017 - 10:20
Reuters in Japan have it now if that makes it any more legit?
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fjp.reut...
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Comment by jules posted on Ricoh may close shutter on personal camera business at 12/04/2017 - 04:43
womble wrote:
As someone who regularly shoots with older film cameras I rarely find the need for any grip at all. Perhaps it was because I spent the first 25 years of my photographic "career" using an ME Super and then a MX? On the (very rare) occasions I use a bigger lens I like the grip (and, for example, fit the optional one to my LX), but generally I don't bother. I similarly find the battery grips annoying and not suited to my style.
We all have different preferences, and this solution seems a good one to me. If I was to buy a KP, I'd probably use the small grip 99% of the time.
K.
As someone who regularly shoots with older film cameras I rarely find the need for any grip at all. Perhaps it was because I spent the first 25 years of my photographic "career" using an ME Super and then a MX? On the (very rare) occasions I use a bigger lens I like the grip (and, for example, fit the optional one to my LX), but generally I don't bother. I similarly find the battery grips annoying and not suited to my style.
We all have different preferences, and this solution seems a good one to me. If I was to buy a KP, I'd probably use the small grip 99% of the time.
K.
richandfleur wrote:
I still get nostalgic/excited when I pick up a cold metal film camera, look through the massive optical viewfinder with cool split focussing screen, and smell the leather of the strap etc. There was no grip and even the shutter button was quite hard on the finger tip, but it didn't matter.
womble wrote:
As someone who regularly shoots with older film cameras I rarely find the need for any grip at all.
I often laugh at people knocking mirrorless cameras for not having a big grip, for the very reason you've written here.As someone who regularly shoots with older film cameras I rarely find the need for any grip at all.
I still get nostalgic/excited when I pick up a cold metal film camera, look through the massive optical viewfinder with cool split focussing screen, and smell the leather of the strap etc. There was no grip and even the shutter button was quite hard on the finger tip, but it didn't matter.
richandfleur wrote:
I still get nostalgic/excited when I pick up a cold metal film camera, look through the massive optical viewfinder with cool split focussing screen, and smell the leather of the strap etc. There was no grip and even the shutter button was quite hard on the finger tip, but it didn't matter.
womble wrote:
As someone who regularly shoots with older film cameras I rarely find the need for any grip at all.
I often laugh at people knocking mirrorless cameras for not having a big grip, for the very reason you've written here.As someone who regularly shoots with older film cameras I rarely find the need for any grip at all.
I still get nostalgic/excited when I pick up a cold metal film camera, look through the massive optical viewfinder with cool split focussing screen, and smell the leather of the strap etc. There was no grip and even the shutter button was quite hard on the finger tip, but it didn't matter.
johnriley wrote:
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the ergonomic one is that the heavier the camera body and lens the more grip you need
Fair enough. I'd add to that the thought that with big, heavy lenses, we really should be holding the lens, not the camera. Holding a huge telephoto by gripping the camera can put quite a strain on the mount.the ergonomic one is that the heavier the camera body and lens the more grip you need
davidtrout wrote:
I'm not convinced that a grip helps to balance the outfit when working with a heavy telephoto zoom. I'm quite comfortable handling the new D.FA*70-200mm zoom on my K3/K5/K30 despite its considerable weight without it feeling unbalanced.
As John says above you support the lens, not the camera body.
David
I agree with everybody!pgweber wrote:
Don't forget with a big grip, you look more "pro"!
(Never used or aspired to one myself).
I'm with Peter on this one. Grips add weight and if you work with two camera bodies, as I often do, weight is a consideration. The camera's built in continuous shooting mode is more than adequate for my needs.Don't forget with a big grip, you look more "pro"!
(Never used or aspired to one myself).
I'm not convinced that a grip helps to balance the outfit when working with a heavy telephoto zoom. I'm quite comfortable handling the new D.FA*70-200mm zoom on my K3/K5/K30 despite its considerable weight without it feeling unbalanced.
As John says above you support the lens, not the camera body.
David
Perhaps when gripping the camera one handed the KP does feel less secure yhan a K3 but so what? When you cradle the camera with one hand on the grip and one hand under/around the lens, as we all know we should, it's brilliant...
Comment by jules posted on Pentax KP Grip Sizes at 24/03/2017 - 04:23
JAK wrote:
Thanks for that. I never found a need for a grip with the ME/MX even though such a thing existed. Perhaps we've just got used to the current designs that features one natively to hold the batteries.
Thanks for that. I never found a need for a grip with the ME/MX even though such a thing existed. Perhaps we've just got used to the current designs that features one natively to hold the batteries.
Comment by jules posted on Pentax KP Grip Sizes at 22/03/2017 - 04:40
JAK wrote:
How usable is the KP without any of the grips? Any different to a film ME/MX etc?
Better off with the small one John it's just plain uncomfortable without anything...How usable is the KP without any of the grips? Any different to a film ME/MX etc?
Comment by jules posted on Pentax KP Grip Sizes at 21/03/2017 - 16:38
You arn't wrong here, the large grip does lose you a certain amount of balance but then I do not shoot one handed. However when you cradle the camera and lens two handed it's one of the best I've tried. The top bevel of the grip wraps your fingers beautifully around the three control wheels, this could not be achieved with a grip with the concave "notch" in it.
I would expect a K3 replacement to retain the dial in the grip above the notch ala K1, which for me is a shame as I actually prefer the feel of th KP.
I would expect a K3 replacement to retain the dial in the grip above the notch ala K1, which for me is a shame as I actually prefer the feel of th KP.
Comment by jules posted on Pentax KP Grip Sizes at 21/03/2017 - 13:35
http://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk/pentax-d-bg7-battery-grip-for-pentax-kp.html
It is however a bit pricey!
It is however a bit pricey!
Comment by jules posted on Pentax KP Grip Sizes at 21/03/2017 - 07:22
Isn't there something in there about the move to automotive camera tech for one factory, so they've had to shuffle production around the rest to leave one facility for this purpose alone? Then there was some kind of write down maneuver which pretty much accounted for the ten billion yen loss in profit?
I admit I could have dreamt that!