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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

One Will Never Buy a New DSLR or Any Gear IF..

I see the following sayings at different forums everyday and everywhere on the Net and brand regardless, mostly related to the "purchase" of DSLR bodies but could also for lenses. The mentality and flow etc. are more or less like this:-

- The new model XX is now way too expensive and I shall wait for a (significant) price drop to at least $XXX before I would consider to buy;

- The new model XX is now too buggy and I shall wait for things to settle before I act;

- The model XX has now been marketed for a while now (but then the price has already come down somehow), it has the shortcomings of X, Y, Z and etc., so I would rather wait for the next upcoming model;

- The model XX is now too old (say, it has been there for a year now) and I would not consider to buy such an old model now!

- There have been rumours that the next new model is coming and I shall wait to see what it will be;

- The next model finally arrives but then people have started to complain it is "too expensive" and/or way too buggy and "featureless"! ;-D

- The loop continues and it will never end!! :-o

So, could those people, which are not less in number indeed, buy a new gear of theirs at the end of the days? (not the day!) WHEN Will they ACT?? >:-[ ;->


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Michael A. · 736 weeks ago

Looks good number of naggers of this nature come to read your blog and comment on gear they don't have as well....how "helpful".. :o)
3 replies · active less than 1 minute ago
You inclusive? Or, you simply want to say I am the King of the "Naggers"? >:-(
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Michael A. · 736 weeks ago

RH, you buy and use Pentax items, so you have a base to form you opinions, observations and comments on that rig. But I fail to find helpful nagging comments harvested from the internet and venting here from non-owners of a debated gear. Not sure if you can be a "KotN", there appear to be a "family" of more seasoned ones on DPR's PForum .. :o))
There are always the people you described, brand regardless. But however, I do believe that another majority of the "nag sayers" are also Pentax users themselves. So?
I won't buy it because RH has said it's worthless - this one still uses the k1000 (ROFL)
1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago
RiceHigh is waitin for the 5D Mk3, right ?
1 reply · active 736 weeks ago
Yes, and when it really comes out, I might complain the price of it is set too high and the features and performance of it are too less!
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Voice of Reason · 736 weeks ago

Yes, most of those complaints come from you, on your own blog!
Depends sometimes on the brand. Pentax cameras are in particular known for dramatic price drops. Most of its older model drop to about 1/2 price when a new one is announced or released. Compare the K-7, for example, to the much older Nikon D90. So, waiting for new Pentax cameras to drop in price is good strategy, especially given all the defects new Pentax cameras have (which you know all so well about). In the case of the K-5, given it is so unreasonably priced compared to all its peers, there is even more reason to wait.

You comment may have a point however with other more trustworthy brand, which has better quality control, which do not drop prices of their cameras so drastically, and which provide proper service and fix problems when they arise, or at least admit them and are therefore trusted more when one has to spend more to buy a new model without waiting.

So, your complaints about people waiting and expecting too much are fine, except when it comes to Pentax. We have learnt to be more cautious with this brand.
1 reply · active 736 weeks ago
Good points with your accurate observations.
I don't know who the "we" referred to by Mage are. Some? Everyone? You should visit Karel Donk's blog for a radical view of Canon dslrs that makes RH seem like a Pentax apologist!
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quatrecouleurs · 734 weeks ago

I acted buying a view camera with some good glass and some sheets making the local developer my now best friend (lol) - because eventually, when you start tiltin' and shiftin', "features" of those DSLRs just look like a joke.
Joël

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