On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 12:50:44AM -0500, Doug Brewer wrote: > Okay, I'll play. > > a.) Yes, that's likely true for a significant percentage of them. Read my post in >answer to Bruce.
I presume you mean its true they are shooting using equipment of their choice. > > b.) If you are the only accredited shooter using Pentax at the > Olympics/Super Bowl, surrounded by Canon (The Official Camera of the > Olympics/Super Bowl) and Nikon shooters, who are enjoying the > loaners/repair/support services afforded them by their camera > companies, I have to believe you have consciously chosen to use > Pentax. Call it a hunch. ok, fine. Lets assume a pentax user is by choice while a nikon/canon user is likely to be by choice. > > c.) Let's say there are 1000 photographers there, and that all of them > have chosen to use a particular brand for this event, the > Olympics/Super Bowl, and one of them is using Pentax. The percentage > would then be 1/1000, or .001. (the percentage would actually be .1 but thats besides the point) Are we now presuming everyone is shooting by choice ? Whats the basis of the pride factor then ? Why shouldnt Joe Nikon feel pride then when he sees say 50% using nikon ? > I was unaware until this exchange that pride had to have a > mathematical justification. Perhaps you'd like to expand on that > theory. > a.) What is the lowest ratio of Pentax shooters to the general population at which >pride is allowed? > b.)The highest? > c.)Is three per cent reason for chest-swelling, or does it just call for a low >whistle? Not absolute values but distribution. Plot a histogram with x-axis representing brands (with pentax in center) and Y-axis representing percentage of users of that brand among choice shooters. Without going into (important) details of what the sample space is, if the pentax bar clearly "gives the finger" to rest of the brands, you are onto something. Else you are delusional in your pride as much as you said Joe Avg was. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
