I think that post was to the point, too bad many have missed it: (1) switching brands to impress others "is a sucker's game" (2) "Pentax is the most switched from brand"
-- so this means, assuming, the initial distribution of suckers was more or less even (lacking any real data this what I have to assume), at this point, most of them are somewhere else and what we have in the end is *this fantastic community*! Best, Mishka ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 11:44 PM Subject: Re: Orgin Myths > There you go again Bruce. No one has asked if Pentax is the most switched > from brand. > If you truely believe that if someone is happy with their equipment they > should keep it, > why must you constantly point this out. Almost all us on this list readily > acknowledge > the shortcomings of Pentax in the area marketing, current lens range, lack > of a DSLR, you > name it. I must ask what is your point. > > At 10:49 PM 9/9/2002 -0400, you wrote: > >I think that anyone who was offended by my post is a wee bit touchy. I have > >always contended that if someone is happy with what they have they should > >keep it. > >I am sure that not eveyone who has switched brands had a clearly defined > >photographic objective in mind. (I'm talking about amateurs here, pros who > >buy there own equipment and most do, have other things to take into > >consideration.) I think that if someone here said, "I just always wanted a > >Leica" it would be understood and no offence would be taken. There is > >something about woning a "lengend" that has its own appeal. When it comes to > >35mm SLRs there are few brands that have this cachet. (Can you really > >imagine someone going, "I've always wanted a Canon!" without going Huh?) > >I also don't know about this looking like a pro business. Most non > >photographers don't know squat. You could put a big flash and a long lens on > >a Miranda and fake out most folks. Real pros can spot an amatuer at 100m > >before they even open thier camera bag. About the only one you're really > >going to impress is another amateur, because they're the only ones looking > >to see what the other "guy" has. This is a sucker's game, because someone > >will always show up with a newer/bigger/more expensive rig. > >In the end though, Pentax is the most switched from brand. > > > >From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >I'm not offended by Bruce's post either. I'm sure that there are those > >who've > >left Pentax for "those other brands" because they provided something that > >Pentax didn't (or doesn't). Where he's wrong, is his implication that > >that's > >the ~only~ reason. > > > >Couldn't be that some switched due to, for instance, marketing pressures, or > >the fact that they think the other brands are "cooler", or that they want to > >look like a "pro", or some other non-photographic reason? I'm not saying > >that > >those are bad reasons, or that the majority of C**** or N**** users do so > >for > >such reasons, but some do. > > >
