My love/hate affair with Canon goes back a long way, dating from the day
almost 40 years ago that I was lent a Canon, FTb with a couple of breach
lock lenses to shoot an event by the newspaper where I was hanging my
hat at the time. (I needed a Telephoto to cover the event and my Super
Takumar 150mm was in the shop for warranty repair.
I shot my establishing shots, with the 50mm and tried to switch to the
135, and the damned thing wouldn't mount. Spent several frustrating
minutes figuring out what was wrong. Apparently there was an interlock
pin that kept the spring loaded locking ring in position for quick
mounting which when pressed with the lens not mounted on the camera put
everything out of alignment. How it got pressed releasing the ring I
have no idea. It was an easy fix, but and entirely foreign concept to
someone used to M42 screw mount and Nikon bayonet mount lenses. Missed
an important shot, and felt stupid for hours...
My impression was that the camera was a nice solid hammer though.
On 9/26/2015 3:39 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
"Well, nobody's perfect!"
Amazon might assign some [slightly] higher weight in their suggestions
to certain products over some other products (still fitting the same
relational criteria) based on other commerical interests. But I don't
think that Amazon, who is considered one of the champions (if not The
champion) in the "big data" efforts in the effectiveness of offering
"related" products, -- would decide to consiously override the
outcomes of those efforts that easily.
Besides, - after looking at that link below, I am getting a full
"line" of recommendations from Amazon for exclusively Canon lenses.
So... PJ, - can you guarantee you never ever looked at any Canon lens?
(e.g. like in this case, - by following a link)?
Or.... maybe now Amazon has a way of looking in your deep-secret dreams?
Com'on, PJ, come clean! :-)
Igor
Darren Addy Sat, 26 Sep 2015 11:29:14 -0700 wrote:
Interesting. I can't see a rational explanation for that UNLESS Amazon
is now SELLING product placement in "Recommended" based on keywords in
your search/viewing history. If Canon is paying the most for those
keywords, they may get "inexplicable" representation in your search
results.
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 1:01 PM, P.J. Alling
<webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
Now I've never bought any Canon centric equipment from Amazon, and I
often,
search for Pentax gear to check competitive prices, so what it
Amazon's top
recommendation based on my searches and what I've told them?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NI3BZ5K/ref=pe_851860_150924160_em_1p_0_lm
It looks like a neat lens, affordable and if I could figure out how
to mount it on my K-5II I'd probably buy one. But then I could get
used 40mm DA XS from KEH for about the same price. So, it's used, but
at least it would mount and focus...
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