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Via Flickr:It’s old school Italian. Very nice.

Via Flickr:It’s old school Italian. Very nice.

Mike Johnston, aka The Online Photographer, recently asked his readers, “Why do you choose a camera?” The two choices he offered were simple: “Results trump everything else” “Results are important, but other things are important or more so.” The answers were quite telling, with many assuming that “results” meant “image quality”. I disagree. Sometimes getting the result…

Via Flickr:Pentax K-01 with FA 31mm F1.8 Limited @ 1/125s, f/1.8, ISO1600

Via Flickr:Nikon 1 V1 with 1 Nikkor 10mm f/2.8 @ 1/15, f/2.8, ISO1000, NEF

Hey Pentax, I’ve got a new advertising campaign for the K-01… “Pentax K-01 – the Pontiac Aztec of Cameras” Funny, huh? I crack myself up sometimes. Now I’ve gotta admit that the K-01 is almost universally derided by the online camera commentscenti. Most of them have never held one in their hands and are ignoring…

An ancient, crappy Pentax K20d with a seriously deficient APS-C sensor took this really awful photo. I really should just burn it.

Pentax Q, late at night, after the opening of a friend’s photography show. A bunch of us, mostly photogs and other visual/creative types, are having a beer and some ribs at Dinosaur BBQ. The Q sits quietly on the table until it’s called upon, then it’s all ISO3200, manual focusing, and just trying to grab…

Pentax Q @ ISO3200 in a Mexican restaurant lit primarily with holiday lights shaped like little jalapeño peppers. The Q really hits a good spot for me – a small, camera that I can carry everywhere. I am rediscovering the idea that the maniacal pursuit of “image quality” is a rabbit hole and can actually…

Ok, I’m sitting here at my desk with like a million things to do and two million lame excuses not to do them. “I know – instead of getting some work done, I’ll conduct a memory card test! That’s the ticket – some guy on the Internet asked about what memory card to buy for…