Do you like green or red cabbage in yours? Tom C.
>From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Don't forget Coles Law. > >Regards, >Bob... >----- Original Message ----- >From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >What, you believe everything you read? Sturgeons law needs to be >updated, to "90% of everything on the Internet is crud". > >Tom C wrote: > > Foveon X3 in K10D????? > > > >> From: Glen Tortorella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> These are excellent comments, Brendan. You highlight many important > >> issues we Pentaxians face...and things we feel. > >> > >> On Sep 4, 2007, at 11:24 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > >> > >> > >>> 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. > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
