Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-23 Thread Cotty
On 22/4/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Great letter, Jon! Pentax is the 'Apple' of the camera industry. I love it! g I tend to think of Pentax as the 'Pentax' of the camera industry. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-23 Thread DagT
På 23. apr. 2005 kl. 09.52 skrev Cotty: On 22/4/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Great letter, Jon! Pentax is the 'Apple' of the camera industry. I love it! g I tend to think of Pentax as the 'Pentax' of the camera industry. Sure, but they do have a lot in common. The users

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/4/05, DagT, discombobulated, unleashed: Sure, but they do have a lot in common. The users have chosen not to follow the masses and advertising campaigns . They represent the independent users who like to make their own decisions (and mistakes) .-) And if I use Apples and Canons, how

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-23 Thread Jon Glass
On 4/23/05, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 22/4/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Great letter, Jon! Pentax is the 'Apple' of the camera industry. I love it! g I tend to think of Pentax as the 'Pentax' of the camera industry. Actually, my motive for writing what

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-23 Thread P. J. Alling
The only reason Apple currently exists is their advertising campaigns, Pentax exists in spite of theirs... DagT wrote: På 23. apr. 2005 kl. 09.52 skrev Cotty: On 22/4/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Great letter, Jon! Pentax is the 'Apple' of the camera industry. I love it! g I

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-23 Thread P. J. Alling
Cotty, you make mistakes no one else even though of... Cotty wrote: On 23/4/05, DagT, discombobulated, unleashed: Sure, but they do have a lot in common. The users have chosen not to follow the masses and advertising campaigns . They represent the independent users who like to make their

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-23 Thread Mishka
if any company can pretend to be that, it should be cosina. not pentax by any measure you can come up with (other than lack of market share). best, mishka On 4/22/05, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pentax is the 'Apple' of the camera industry. I love it! g cheers, frank --

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
Apple's success is due more to good product, good PR and word-of-mouth cult status than advertising. The ads play a role, but other factors are much more important. And that's from an ad guy. On Apr 23, 2005, at 10:58 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: The only reason Apple currently exists is their

RE: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-23 Thread Jens Bladt
York Times DSLR article The only reason Apple currently exists is their advertising campaigns, Pentax exists in spite of theirs... DagT wrote: På 23. apr. 2005 kl. 09.52 skrev Cotty: On 22/4/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Great letter, Jon! Pentax is the 'Apple

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-23 Thread Herb Chong
Pentax is a publicly traded company. i don't know who owns most of the shares, but there are several corporate holders at least. Herb - Original Message - From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 1:39 PM Subject: RE: New York

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-23 Thread frank theriault
On 4/23/05, Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if any company can pretend to be that, it should be cosina. not pentax by any measure you can come up with (other than lack of market share). I don't think anyone said that Pentax holds themselves out as the Apple of the photography industry, I just

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-22 Thread Kenneth Waller
A good lawyer also does his research... And asks only questions he knows the answer to Kenneth Waller (deals with more lawyers than he wants to) -Original Message- From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Apr 21, 2005 7:44 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: New York

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A good lawyer also does his research... And asks only questions he knows the answer to ...and *wants to hear* the answer to! -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-22 Thread frank theriault
On 4/22/05, Jon Glass [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, Cotty, he did. In fact, I also wrote him, but at the time, I hadn't had a chance to fire up gmail, so did not know of the discussion here I was in a hurry, but, to join in the party, here is what I wrote him... --- Dave-

RE: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-21 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Good for you, Paul. It's a pretty good note that you've written. I was tempted to send a variation of your email, but I've not read the article yet, so my comments will have to go out later. Thanks for bringing this to my (our) attention. Shel [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-21 Thread Tom C
Yeah, well I'm going to ignore what you say and run right out to the pro shop in town, Wolf Camera. And then I'll buy whichever Canon or Nikon is cheaper along with the best Quantaray lens. Nicely written letter. Tom C. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To:

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-21 Thread Dario Bonazza
Paul, Following you suggestion, I've emailed him too. See below my slightly revised text. Thanks, Dario Hi David, I think someone failed you in researching material for your column, Professional Cameras, Made for the Amateur, which appeared in

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-21 Thread Keith Whaley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have a copy of today's New York Times take a look at the first page of the business section. There you'll find an article about prosumer dslr cameras that mentions only Nikon and Canon offerings. I sent the following e-mail to the author, David Pogue. Others might

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-21 Thread Cotty
On 21/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: Considering how many books he's written, I suspect he might reconsider his omission as just that, a sin of omission, not an intentional slight. To be fair, he doesn't mention Minolta or Olympus, does he? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O)

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-21 Thread Keith Whaley
Cotty wrote: On 21/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: Considering how many books he's written, I suspect he might reconsider his omission as just that, a sin of omission, not an intentional slight. To be fair, he doesn't mention Minolta or Olympus, does he? Not in any of his books

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-21 Thread Ann Sanfedele
an FYI re - Pogue - I subscribe to NYTIMES on line and enjoy getting the weekly letter/column on all things computer that Pogue writes for the recently discontinued Circuits section of the Thurs Times... looks like they moved him and other computer stuff to the business section... He seems very

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-21 Thread Cotty
On 21/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: To be fair, he doesn't mention Minolta or Olympus, does he? Not in any of his books I've read. Only H-P, Nikon and plenty of Canon references... I meant in the newspaper article Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People,

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-21 Thread Keith Whaley
Cotty wrote: On 21/4/05, Keith Whaley, unrediscombobulated, lashed out: To be fair, he doesn't mention Minolta or Olympus, does he? Not in any of his books I've read. Only H-P, Nikon and plenty of Canon references... I meant in the newspaper article. Oh. Cheers, Cotty 'Pyours, keith

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-21 Thread Cotty
On 21/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: 'Pyours, Watch it fly-boy ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: New York Times DSLR article

2005-04-21 Thread frank theriault
On 4/21/05, Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Like a good lawyer, he only talks about those things about which he knows, and can speak intelligently. snip A good lawyer also does his research... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson