On 2/11/2013 7:25 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , John Turco
wrote:

Pentax bodies boast much better build quality, than either Canon or
Nikon equipment. Even its entry-level DSLR cameras blow away the
competition, in this particular respect.

definitely not.

I bought my K100D in September of 2007. At the time, and ever since,
I've occasionally handled Canon and Nikon display models, in stores.
They're surprisingly light and shockingly plasticky, from everything
I've seen.

maybe the low end models are, but the midrange and high end, such as
the nikon d3, d4, d3x and canon 1d, 1ds are *not* surprisingly light
nor are they shockingly plastic. they're actually rather big and heavy.

In fact, one of them (I forgot which brand) had a fairly large zoom lens
attached. Even so, the entire body/lens combo was practically weightless.

some people like lightweight cameras. others don't.

(I own a Pentax "K100D" and have always been impressed with its fine
feel and sturdiness.)

nikon and canon have always had a better build than pentax, especially
on the higher end bodies, except perhaps for the pentax lx film slr.

Really? I'd read that Pentax's optics are the equal of Nikon's and
Canon's, at the very least.

i thought this was about the bodies.

anyway, that used to be true. some of the old takumars were excellent.
i still have a couple collecting dust.

these days, nikon and canon have some amazing lenses, such as the nikon
14-24mm which nikon claims is better than any fixed focal length lens
in that range that they made, and tests confirm it.

(Not that it truly matters, anymore, as
Pentax has been reduced to relative obscurity.)

that part is true, unfortunately.


Oh, well...I just hope that Pentax doesn't become a name-only "company"
(e.g., Polaroid).

John