Chris Brogden wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, William Robb wrote: > > > > Hard to argue with this, except to point out the uselessness > > > of "amateur" and "pro" as general terms. > > > > Actually, no. The terminology is very germaine to the > > discussion. "Pro" means the type of equipment that is desirable > > to a working pro. > > Exactly. But which pro?
"Pro" to a couple of posters herein means that anyone who is not as good as they think THEY are is a [shudder!] "amateur", hence their cameras [regardless of name] couldn't possibly measure up to the pro's cameras [regardless of name,] and so on... Sort of similar to those who have managed to get a Phd at some school of higher learning, and while they don't use it for anything at all, aren't medical [or other] 'doctors,' nevertheless sign their names with Phd at the end. In every endeavor! It confers bragging rights. > The type of equipment desirable to wedding > photographers is usually very different from what pro landscape > photographers use, and what studio photographers use, etc. etc. You can > talk about "pro" equipment as it relates to these fields individually, but > it's not very useful as a *general* term. Exactly so. It will take some time for some folks to recognize that, but will they ever admit it? keith whaley > > > Debatable. A lot of people talked about switching to Contax > > > after the "N" was announced. > > > That camera turned out to be a hunkajunk, but if they'll > > > consider switching to Contax, then why not Pentax? > > > > Because Contax has the cachet value of Carl Zeiss behind it. > > Carl Zeiss and Contax are real brand names, with pro > > reputations. > [snip] > > Good point, but there's more to it than that. A lot of people got very > excited about Sigma's DSLR, partly because of the Foveon technology, and > partly because of the marketing and hype that Sigma fostered. It's the > old story... if Pentax came up with a DSLR with a bit of a twist, and > marketed it properly, it shouldn't be a problem getting people to switch > over happily. > > chris - 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 .
