Haha! Thanks for having my back, Christine! And don't you worry -- I can roll, Chicago-style, any day of the week. You just let me know when... and I'll bring my credit cards. Meet you on Michigan Ave!
:) -c On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 12:35 AM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > Hey, Miserere, that's my little sister, you're talkin about. Any more of > that cheapskate p-tooey and we're gonna have to settle this the old fashioned > Chicago-way! Got that? :-))))))) Cheers, Big sister Christine from Chicago > > > > > > > On Apr 3, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Miserere <miser...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Christine was complaining that the DA* 16-50mm was too expensive for >>> her when it cost $800, which is a bargain when you consider what >>> Canikonians pay for the standard f/2.8 zooms, and she's far from the >>> only one. The core Pentax userbase is a bunch of tight bastards who >>> spend money only at gun-point (I'm one of them) and I don't see them >>> (us) buying a $3,000 FF from Pentax. >> >> Hang on -- how did I get to be the posterchild for Pentax Tightwads?! >> :) Just to clarify -- my doubts about that lens have more to do with >> its spotty reputation... deserved or not... and its unseemly zoom >> behavior. I happily spent at least as much on the 50-135, and know >> what a bargain it is, compared to the (FF) equivalents of the other >> brands. I won't detail the rest of my gear purchases, but believe me, >> I'm down with spending. >> >> But cheapskate or no, 800 bucks is 800 bucks. If I'm not convinced I >> want the product, I'm not going to spend it. As it is, each time I >> think about buying a new lens (or body), I go through the motions of >> convincing myself that Pentax & I are in it for the long haul. They're >> putting out lots of mixed signals, for sure. >> >> I would be very interested to know just who the core Pentax userbase >> really is, btw. Obviously, the samples here and at PF must be small >> in comparison to the general population... and I wonder how different >> the demographic is here in the US vs. Europe vs Japan, for ex? >> >> :) >> -c >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
