> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > P. J. Alling > > So far no one has remarked that India a very large place with a > population of more than twice North Ameraica's has 40 whole Pentax > users! Well done Pentax. (Not making fun of you Subash, making fun of > Pentax marketing, which is really to easy).
Have a look at the way wealth is distributed in India and it may be easier to understand. Maybe there are only 41 people in India who can afford a Pentax. B > > On 8/28/2012 1:15 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:19:12 -0700 > > Bipin Gupta <bip...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I have a very enthusiastic photographer friend who wished to form > >> another Pentax Mail In Forum called iPentax. I wrote back telling > >> him that there is already a very interesting one called PDML. > >> He agreed, but said that he was once a member of PDML but spent too > >> much time reading PDML mail in his Inbox, and less time on his > actual > >> photography. > > since i have a feeling the OP might be referring to me (not that it > > matters in the larger scheme of things :)) about two and a half years > > back i started a googlegroup for pentax users in india (there are > > about > > 40 of us there now). mainly because pentax doesn't have an official > > presence in india, it is difficult to get pentax gear here unless one > > has relatives/friends abroad, so a forum like that, among other > > things, is very helpful to circulate available second-hand stuff > > around. we also, now and then, post photos and discuss other things. > > it's a low-volume mailing list and it serves its purpose. > > > > but i don't recall saying anything on the above line to the OP :) and > > i am still very much here in PDML and enjoying the conversations to > boot. > > imagine PDML without OT or flame war epics :) > > > > what *is* bothering me is, i can't for the life of me figure out why > > this guy called steve cottrell is trying to convince us that he is > > actually cotty... > > > > > -- > Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to > avoid a lengthly search. > > > -- > 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.