I shouldn't think so. Requiring all items, including your strap and your
belt buckle to be Pentax is a bit foolish. No one has ever complained over
occasional third party glass in the open galleries. I've never heard anyone
be so purist as to insist on yer flash be Pentax.
Regards,
Bob...
From: "Skofteland, Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I'm new to Pentax bodies having used crappy Ricoh's until I bought an LX
> recently. Therefore I have non-Pentax lenses. Yes, I plan to buy Pentax
> lenses as soon as the budget allows but in the meantime I will get by with
> my off-brand lenses. Incidentally I have a Vivitar Series 1 105mm Macro
> that focuses to 1:1. It is far superior to Pentax and Nikon glass in my
> humble opinion. Does this mean that I will be excluded from the PUG? One
> of my reasons for joining this list was the PUG.....
>
> From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> From: "Lasse Karlsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > What is "Pentax equipment"?
> > It has to say "Pentax" on both camera and lenses?
> > No Tokinas, Tamrons or Sigmas etc. lenses on Pentax bodies?
> > No Pentax lenses on Ricoh or Chinon cameras?
>
> Well Lasse, it is the PENTAX users gallery after all. Not being
> a hard nosed person myself, I would say that as long as the
> camera body and the lens used is Pentax brand, then the
> submission will be published.
> I will certainly consider objections to this criteria. For
> example, it may be desirable to allow non Pentax brand lenses in
> the open galleries, as long as the body is Pentax.
> This really is mostly a non issue, but if you look at this
> months gallery, you will note that two of the submissions are
> from Canon and Nikon users respectively. While it is nice that
> they want to be seen in our forum, I want to discourage what I
> see as creeping horseshit from gaining a foothold in the PUG.
> As always, the gallery maintainer is the final arbiter of what
> will or will not be published in the PUG, but I will be guided
> by the desires of the people for whom the gallery is published
> for, which is the members of the PDML.
>
> I invite discussion on this subject.
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