Just want to forward this email to the list…. I found this thread amusing,
but my brother might have taken it more seriously. I any case, keep in mind
that he is a pentax user, who likes that ergonomics and technical specs of
pentax cameras, but he really cares about his images and could not care less
about what people think of his camera choice, since it’s just a tool. I
tend to agree with him.
Cheers
Alexn
/home.att.net/~alnem/
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Subject: RE: Pentax System, Is It Worth It? (Was RE: MZ-S Is It Worth It !)
>i am sorry. the people who wrote this are "insufferable." the guy has
leika
>AND rollei and he carries both of them "in case he runs in a nikon user."
>does he also wear armani or barney suits in case he runs in a calvin kline
>wearer? does he force his girlfriend to wear la perla underwear in case he
>runs into a girl with bali or maidenform?
>
>these wonderful, expensive cameras are being used as props! frank capa,
>cartier breson and other greates should come out of their graves and beat
>this people with their pentaxes (to spare the leikas, of course)
>
>it reminds me of a movie where a guy in beverly hills would carry a regular
>phone handle and pull it out every time a person with a car phone would
pass
>him on the highway.
>
>if they carry photo equipment to show off, this is the one :
>http://www.polaroid.com/studio/20x24/
http://www.elsa.photo.net/camera.html
>i don't think that any nikon user will be unimpressed by this camera
>
>look, i realize that camera you carry projects a statement. people
prejudge
>you on everything (closes, shoes, nose, etc) and camera is no exception.
>of course, noone in their sane mind is going to do a classic wedding
(formal
>album and all) with a plastic point and shoot. large hasselblad or bronica
>projects authority which is needed to hord people around. but you would
use
>these cameras to be able to direct people who you are photographing! also,
>http://www.cameraquest.com/3frdst.htm
>
>
>and you are free to forward this mail to them.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Subject: Fw: Pentax System, Is It Worth It? (Was RE: MZ-S Is
>> It Worth It
>> !)
>>
>>
>> pentax users prasing pentax.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >> > Mafud wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > But C**** and N**** ~owners~ are
>> >> > > insufferable with their snotty-snobby
>> >> > > ways toward other SLR owners.
>> >> > > Not even ~Leica~ owners are that nasty.
>> >> >
>> >> > I always carry a Leica when shooting with the Pentax just in
>> >> > case I run into a Nikon or Canon owner. It straightens out
>> >> > their perspective real quick.
>> >>
>> >> I've taken to walking around with both my Leica and my
>> >> Rollei when out with my Pentax's. It tends to make the Nikon and
>> >> Canon shooters a bit more respectful, for sure. As a matter of
>> >> fact, it seems to have that effect on everyone.
>> >
>> >I just bring my surly attitude and a pro-pack of whup-ass.
>> >
>> >The FA 85/1.4 engenders respect too.
>> >
>>
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