[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In the film days, I think Pentax and Nikon were the big draws. When > Canon came out with the > AE-1, they became a player. Minolta made its mark with the Maxxam AF > cameras. IMO, Pentax lost out with the SF series of AF cameras. Canon > EOS cameras were much better, I believe. I am not as familiar with Nikon > gear, although in my mind, the F series were pro machines. > What seems strange to me is going to an electronics toy store and seeing > lots of cameras there, Canons, Nikons, Sonys, Panasonics, and Olympus. > Pentax? Actually, around here, I don't hold that as too unlikely. I have at least noticed the K10D popping up on many webshops where I otherwise would order a Monitor or memory for my PC, if you know what I'm saying. Pentax equipment seems to be a lot easier to get than it was, say, 2 years ago.
- T > Hmmmmm. Maybe not. > > Jim A. > > > > > >> So, after my fruitless search for the 16-50mm f2.8 >> over the last coupe of days (except for the 5 >> available from the guy in Tokyo on eBay, for >> $1,185.00US), I decided to take a deep breath and not >> worry about it for now. >> >> I took a drive down to a "local" camera shop in >> Sacramento to pick up a couple white background rolls >> and listen to the radio on the way. >> >> At some point I was reminded about this months' issue >> of Outdoor Photographer. In it, they reviewed the K10D >> touting its "unique" Foveon X3 chip (see inset, pg. >> 92). Suddenly, those old feelings of being abused >> crept back into my head drowning out Boston's "More >> than a feeling." >> >> I got to the shop and found my rolls of Arctic White >> 53" x 36' I was needing. I took a look around and >> wasn't suprised to see everything but Pentax on the >> shelves. So, I asked one of the salesmen, "Do you guys >> carry any new Pentax stuff?" >> >> "No, sorry. You must be one of the last people to >> still shoot Pentax." >> >> "Hum, that's a damn shame," I said, "if you did I buy >> one of their new lenses from you." I thought my point >> was obvious. >> >> "Well, only about 1 in a 1000 people ever ask about >> Pentax anymore," he said as if his math were valid. >> >> "That may be, but some of their new gear is quite >> good, ya know," I said not knowing that he really >> didn't know and was even less interested in what I was >> about to say. "The K10D has been making some waves and >> they have some great new lenses coming out for it." >> >> "Well, I don't know anthing about it, I haven't read >> any of the reviews on it, and I don't make those >> decisions anyway the owner does. There's a lot of >> great gear out there that we don't carry." At that >> point he handed me the charge slip to sign and I took >> my yellow copy and left. >> >> It's a sad thing though. I really used to get such a >> kick out of going to camera stores. Not so much >> anymore. >> >> -Brendan >> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. >> Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. >> http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> > > > > -- Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +47 66 85 51 22 ProCaptura AS +47 66 85 51 00 (switchboard) http://www.procaptura.com/~toralf +47 66 85 51 01 (fax) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
