On Nov 27, 2011, at 4:22 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Nov 27, 2011, at 1:19 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > >> AFAIK the PUG has never had any official connection to Pentax, it's always >> been a function of the members of the group. The List was once a function >> of Pentax but is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Brewer Productions. >> > > Ah, OK. So, that still leaves open the question, what is the purpose of > the PUG? Who is the intended audience? >
Note that the PUG long predates the PESO/GESO business (and the monthly galleries were not themed.) Back in the day, digitizing and uploading an image took more than a momentary whim, and having a monthly gallery wherein we could share images with other Pentaxians added an incentive to go through that process. Even though the preparation is relatively trivial now, it is still useful IMHO to have a monthly theme-based incentive/opportunity to share a particular image and then see how others have interpreted the theme. I really don't care one way or another if any other than friends and family of the PUG posters ever look at the PUG. It is possible, though highly unlikely, that a non-Pentaxian might look at the wonderful images typically included and say to herself "Gee golly, that Pentax gear sure takes wonderful photos, I'll need to go get me some." And it is a good thing if more people buy Pentax gear because then maybe Pentax will produce some long lenses. But mostly I think the audience is the members of the list and I don't see a problem with that. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
