Cyril,
Thanks, but really, I was just joking. It doesn't matter
to me what a magazine writer of any nationality thinks
of Pentax or Americans or American Pentaxistes, because
you know what? I've never paid the slightest bit of
attention to lens tests. They mean nothing to me. What I
care about is whether a lens helps me get what I want on
film. If it does, great. If it doesn't, I don't use it.
I am, however, saddened that some have taken this as an
opportunity to bash the French. There's no excuse for
it, and there are far more important things to worry
about, such as being in a second-class community of
camera users.
Doug "that last part was a joke, too" Brewer
Quoting Cyril MARION <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hello the world,
>
> Doug, you have probably missed some parts of the
translation :
>
> > A Scandinavian complained that a French magazine
rated
> > some Pentax lenses too high and others too low, so
in
> > response a French reader of said French magazine
wrote
> > to someone at the magazine. In response, someone at
the
> > magazine said that Americans, whose opinions don't
count
> > anyway, should read another magazine.
>
> The 'one at the magazine' had nothing against
Americans or any other
> people.
> He's just been told that somewhere on a list (PDML to
be clear) people were
> asking questions about the relyability of the tests he
performs every day.
> No one likes its said somewhere that his/her work is
shit, and he did not
> like it. As the information came from a PENTAX lover,
he put all niche
> camera make users, such as, say :
> - PENTAX
> - CONTAX
> - LEICA
> from various countries such as :
> - America (US)
> - JAVA (?)
> - France
> in the same bag, and says "if you only want to read
elogious stuff about
> your beloved make, dont read CdI." He suggests those
people read their club
> bulletin instead.
>
> I'm not sure my translation of this proverb is correct
:
> 'Il n'y a de pire sourd que celui qui ne veut
entendre'
> 'there is no deeper deaf than the one who does'nt want
to ear'
> but it resumes well what I feel from this discussion.
>
> (and as a French, I have been hurt by some of the
words that have been
> written here)
>
> We are not a lot of PENTAX fans through the world, so
it semms useless to
> argue one against each others.
>
> Peace, and keep enjoying photography.
>
> Cyril
Ashwood Lake Photography
http://www.alphoto.com
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