I've had the same conversation with Photo Managers at Costco, and of course the
high end Pro shops.
Rather than moving units, Pentax has always been more interested in maintaining
their price point in hopes that Canikon will lower their high Pro prices (for
better spec'd units) to undercut Pent
On Dec 9, 2010, at 3:23 PM, Peter Loveday wrote:
> Pentax: The official camera of Chicken Little.
Pentax: Good enough, and you can afford it.
>
> -Original Message- From: Walter Gilbert
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 3:00 AM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> S
Pentax: The official camera of Chicken Little.
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PENTAX: One release away from perfection.
On 12/5/2010 3:36 PM, Larry Colen (Droid Mail) wrote
On Dec 9, 2010, at 08:28 , Larry wrote wrote:
Pentax, the poor man's Nikon.
I prefer : "Pentax, the sensible photographer's Nikon."
Corollary :
"Nikon, for Photographers who missed finding Pentax."
Joseph McAllister
pentax...@mac.com
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PENTAX: One release away from perfection.
On 12/5/2010 3:36 PM, Larry Colen (Droid Mail) wrote:
Last night when someone saw my camera she comented:
Pentax, the poor man's Nikon.
What else could we do with this:
Cannon, for the skilful photographer.
Or how about Pentax 645D, Hasselblad on a bud
I like this one, Mark:
"It's not your father's Pentax. (But you should see if he still has
those lenses)"
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 7:27 AM, eckinator wrote:
> Pentax pancake primes because size does matter.
>
> 2010/12/9 Cory Waters :
>> "Yeah, you can do that with a Pentax."
>>
>> "It's not your
Pentax pancake primes because size does matter.
2010/12/9 Cory Waters :
> "Yeah, you can do that with a Pentax."
>
> "It's not your father's Pentax. (But you should see if he still has those
> lenses)"
>
> "Right, but Pentax invented it."
>
> "Pentax, the official lens of Cottycam's bastardization
"Yeah, you can do that with a Pentax."
"It's not your father's Pentax. (But you should see if he still has
those lenses)"
"Right, but Pentax invented it."
"Pentax, the official lens of Cottycam's bastardizations."
"Nobody borrows your lenses when you own Pentax."
"Pentax DSLR, Stand out on
From: "P. J. Alling"
On 12/6/2010 2:20 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
> Jeffery Smith wrote:
>
>> Pentax, because you can buy a Canon or Nikon at Walmart.
> My favorite so far:)
>
> (Of course, Pentax would love to have their cameras available at
> Mal-Wart, but that's another story...)
I had a con
2010/12/7 P. J. Alling :
>
> I had a conversation with a Wal-Mart manager, not too long ago. I asked why
> Wal-Mart didn't carry Pentax? His response was that Pentax wouldn't deal,
> they just wouldn't put up with Wal-Mart's requirements.
Pentax: self-respecting little cameras that can.
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On 12/6/2010 2:20 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Jeffery Smith wrote:
Pentax, because you can buy a Canon or Nikon at Walmart.
My favorite so far:)
(Of course, Pentax would love to have their cameras available at
Mal-Wart, but that's another story...)
I had a conversation with a Wal-Mart manager, no
You use your's, I'll use mine: Pentax
Kent
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Larry Colen (Droid Mail)
wrote:
> Last night when someone saw my camera she comented:
> Pentax, the poor man's Nikon.
> What else could we do with this:
> Cannon, for the skilful photographer.
> Or how about Pentax 645D,
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote:
> Stan Halpin wrote:
>
>> Bruce - by far the best so far!
>
> Just replace Bruce with Pentax (not sure his wife will appreciate, though)
> and you have another nice one!
>
> Dario
Your name's not Bruce, thats going to cause some confusion.
Dav
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Bruce - by far the best so far!
Just replace Bruce with Pentax (not sure his wife will appreciate, though)
and you have another nice one!
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On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 2:16 PM, eckinator wrote:
> Pentax: crisper blobs at higher ISO.
>
> 2010/12/6 Stan Halpin :
>> Bruce - by far the best so far!
>>
>> On Dec 6, 2010, at 10:45 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
>>>
>>> Pe
Pentax: crisper blobs at higher ISO.
2010/12/6 Stan Halpin :
> Bruce - by far the best so far!
>
> On Dec 6, 2010, at 10:45 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
>>
>> Pentax: when you're ready for prime time.
>>
>
> But I'll add one anyway - Pentax: when you are ready to take control of your
> photography.
>
Bruce - by far the best so far!
On Dec 6, 2010, at 10:45 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
>
> Pentax: when you're ready for prime time.
>
But I'll add one anyway - Pentax: when you are ready to take control of your
photography.
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On 2010-12-05 14:36 , Larry Colen (Droid Mail) wrote:
Last night when someone saw my camera she comented:
Pentax, the poor man's Nikon.
What else could we do with this:
Cannon, for the skilful photographer.
Or how about Pentax 645D, Hasselblad on a budget.
perhaps a pangram:
Pentax - hobgoblin
David J Brooks wrote:
Or, Pentax, we leave the quality control to you.
I remember someone some time ago suggested:
PENTAX
We get close - You do the rest
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Jack
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> From: David J Brooks
> Subject: Re: Pentax slogan
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"
> Date: Monday, December 6, 2010, 10:52 AM
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:18 AM,
> eckin
Jeffery Smith wrote:
>Pentax, because you can buy a Canon or Nikon at Walmart.
My favorite so far:)
(Of course, Pentax would love to have their cameras available at
Mal-Wart, but that's another story...)
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On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
> OUCH!
>
> Dan
I know, but it does seem that their in factory quality control is or
at least was, slack.
Dave
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 1:52 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
>
>> Or, Pentax, w
OUCH!
Dan
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 1:52 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
> Or, Pentax, we leave the quality control to you.
>
> Dave
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On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:18 AM, eckinator wrote:
> 2010/12/6 David J Brooks :
>>
>> Buy a Pentax if you want great pictures, but slow AF speeds.
>
> you mean:
> "Pentax - high speed semi-automatic manual focus"?
Or, Pentax, we leave the quality control to you.
Dave
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On 12/5/2010 3:36 PM, Larry Colen (Droid Mail) wrote:
Last night when someone saw my camera she comented:
Pentax, the poor man's Nikon.
What else could we do with this:
Cannon, for the skilful photographer.
Or how about Pentax 645D, Hasselblad on a budget.
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Pentax: better keep your day job.
Pentax: official camera of The Beatles.
On the plus side ...
Pentax: when you're ready for prime time.
On 10-12-05 7:51 PM, paul stenquist wrote:
You all need to keep your day jobs:-).
On Dec 5, 2010, at 7:42 PM, Tim Bray wrote:
Carry a Pentax... meet fa
My current "normal" lens is the M 35mm f2.0, semi automatic focus? Hell
I've got stop down metering!
On 12/6/2010 10:18 AM, eckinator wrote:
2010/12/6 David J Brooks:
Buy a Pentax if you want great pictures, but slow AF speeds.
you mean:
"Pentax - high speed semi-automatic manual focus"?
2010/12/6 David J Brooks :
>
> Buy a Pentax if you want great pictures, but slow AF speeds.
you mean:
"Pentax - high speed semi-automatic manual focus"?
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Buy a Nikon if you want good pictures.
Buy a Pentax if you want great pictures, but slow AF speeds.
Dave
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 12:28 AM, P. J. Alling
wrote:
> I always thought of Nikon as the rich mans Pentax.
>
> On 12/5/2010 4:36 PM, Larry Colen (Droid Mail) wrote:
>>
>> Last night when someo
l Message-
>> From: eckinator
>> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 8:25 PM
>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>> Subject: Re: Pentax slogan
>>
>> 2010/12/6 John Sessoms :
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Champagne results for a beer budget.
>
"Pentax - Honest value is still important."
From: "John Mullan"
Pentax, feed your creative side, not your ego.
jm
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From: eckinator
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Subject: Re: Pentax slogan
20
Come to think of it, no.
Pentax - Chuck Norris /wrote/ the manual.
uhm... yeah right =)
OK drop that though...
Ecke
2010/12/6, eckinator :
> Pentax - even Chuck Norris reads the manual.
> Ecke
>
> 2010/12/6, Boris Liberman :
>> On 12/5/2010 11:36 PM, Larry Colen (Droid Mail) wrote:
>>> Last night
Pentax - even Chuck Norris reads the manual.
Ecke
2010/12/6, Boris Liberman :
> On 12/5/2010 11:36 PM, Larry Colen (Droid Mail) wrote:
>> Last night when someone saw my camera she comented:
>> Pentax, the poor man's Nikon.
>> What else could we do with this:
>> Cannon, for the skilful photographer
On 12/5/2010 11:36 PM, Larry Colen (Droid Mail) wrote:
Last night when someone saw my camera she comented:
Pentax, the poor man's Nikon.
What else could we do with this:
Cannon, for the skilful photographer.
Or how about Pentax 645D, Hasselblad on a budget.
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Larry, this weekend I met a guy who was shooting with Canon 1Ds (no
marks) - 10 years old FF beastie. He told me the joke that if you make
two mistakes, word "Nikon" becomes "Canon". I pointed out that opposite
was true as well :-).
On 12/5/2010 11:36 PM, Larry Colen (Droid Mail) wrote:
Last
Olympus, for the athlete in you.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: "P. J. Alling"
Subject: Re: Pentax slogan
I always thought of Nikon as the rich mans Pentax.
On 12/5/2010 4:36 PM, Larry Colen (Droid Mail) wr
I always thought of Nikon as the rich mans Pentax.
On 12/5/2010 4:36 PM, Larry Colen (Droid Mail) wrote:
Last night when someone saw my camera she comented:
Pentax, the poor man's Nikon.
What else could we do with this:
Cannon, for the skilful photographer.
Or how about Pentax 645D, Hasselblad o
Pentax: The drinking man's Canon.
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
> Pentax: The thinking man's Nikon.
>
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Truth is never good advertising. ;-)
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> Pentax, because, well, damn.
Pent
Pentax: Reports of our death have been greatly exaggerated.
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Pentax: Because I already had all those old lenses lying around.
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> Pentax, because, well, damn.
pentax, because i didn't know better? :)
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On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
> Pentax, when taking a picture more important than having your picture taken.
>
> On Dec 5, 2010, at 8:13 PM, Tim Bray wrote:
>
>> Pentax, where the good mailing lists are
>>
>> -T
>
>
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Pentax, when taking a picture more important than having your picture taken.
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> Pentax, where the good mailing lists are
>
> -T
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On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 5:38 PM, John Mullan wrote:
> Pentax, feed your creative side, not your ego.
>
> jm
>
> -Original Message- From: eckinator
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 8:25 PM
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Pentax, feed your creative side, not your ego.
jm
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2010/12/6 John Sessoms :
Champagne results for a beer budget.
Kobe beef bokeh for a bacon budget
You've bought the rest, now try the best.
jm
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2010/12/6 John Sessoms :
Champagne results for a beer budget.
Kobe beef bokeh for a bacon b
2010/12/6 John Sessoms :
>
> Champagne results for a beer budget.
Kobe beef bokeh for a bacon budget?
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From: "Larry Colen
Last night when someone saw my camera she comented:
Pentax, the poor man's Nikon.
What else could we do with this:
Cannon, for the skilful photographer.
Or how about Pentax 645D, Hasselblad on a budget.
Champagne results for a beer budget.
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You all need to keep your day jobs:-).
On Dec 5, 2010, at 7:42 PM, Tim Bray wrote:
> Carry a Pentax... meet fascinating people when they ask "What's that?"
>
> -T
>
> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 3:47 PM, eckinator wrote:
>> remember the slogans in the movie "crazy people" starring IIRC danny
>> de
2010/12/6 Tim Bray :
>
> Carry a Pentax... meet fascinating people when they ask "What's that?"
hold it... how can they not know Pentax and yet be fascinating?
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On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 3:47 PM, eckinator wrote:
> remember the slogans in the movie "crazy people" starring IIRC danny
> de vito and the gorgeous daryl hannah? what would they come up with
> for a pentax, I wonder...
>
>
Pentax, because you can buy a Canon or Nikon at Walmart.
On Dec 5, 2010, at 4:59 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
> Pentax, because anyone can take good shots with a Nikon. (Actually, I
> think I've used this before.)
>
> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Larry Colen (Droid Mail)
> wrote:
>> Last ni
remember the slogans in the movie "crazy people" starring IIRC danny
de vito and the gorgeous daryl hannah? what would they come up with
for a pentax, I wonder...
2010/12/5 Larry Colen (Droid Mail) :
> Last night when someone saw my camera she comented:
> Pentax, the poor man's Nikon.
> What else
and they have big glassholes.
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
> Larry Colen (Droid Mail) wrote:
>
>> Last night when someone saw my camera she comented:
>> Pentax, the poor man's Nikon.
>> What else could we do with this:
>> Cannon, for the skilful photographer.
>> Or how abo
Larry Colen (Droid Mail) wrote:
Last night when someone saw my camera she comented:
Pentax, the poor man's Nikon.
What else could we do with this:
Cannon, for the skilful photographer.
Or how about Pentax 645D, Hasselblad on a budget.
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The Brightest Colors with Pentax (the images aren't too bad either.)
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
> Pentax, because anyone can take good shots with a Nikon. (Actually, I
> think I've used this before.)
>
> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Larry Colen (Droid Mail)
> wr
Pentax, because anyone can take good shots with a Nikon. (Actually, I
think I've used this before.)
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Larry Colen (Droid Mail)
wrote:
> Last night when someone saw my camera she comented:
> Pentax, the poor man's Nikon.
> What else could we do with this:
> Cannon, f
"We just love Pentax cameras so much, we want to keep them to our selves".
Oh, so that's where the DA lenses are going. Poor Nguyen.
I'm on the road again, a quick trip to Lewiston, Maine. Arrived yesterday late
afternoon. The skies were just clearing at Portland airport. So I headed 40 miles
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Emne: Re: Pentax slogan
Cotty wrote:
"During the recent Wimbledon Tennis Championship, Venus and Serena
Williams' father was often seen in close-up on TV using what looked like
a 300D. I'll bet that was given
I think you've hit the nail on the head with regard to the advertising
slogan.
John
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 09:34:25 -0400, Tom Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Cotty wrote:
"During the recent Wimbledon Tennis Championship, Venus and Serena
Williams' father was often seen in close-up on TV using what
"Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>> During the recent Wimbledon Tennis Championship, Venus and Serena
>> Williams' father was often seen in close-up on TV using what looked like
>> a 300D. I'll bet that was given to him.
"Canon: People will use our cameras if we give 'em away free."
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"During the recent Wimbledon Tennis Championship, Venus and Serena
Williams' father was often seen in close-up on TV using what looked like
a 300D. I'll bet that was given to him."
Probably a sneaky way of inserting more advertising into the telecast.
Wasn't Canon buying advertis
- Original Message -
From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "pentax list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: Pentax slogan
> On 6/7/04, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, offered:
>
> >Canon advertises on TV:
>
On 6/7/04, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, offered:
>Canon advertises on TV:
>Canon 300D: Digital photography - not just for professionals.
>
>Brilliant slogan isn't it?
>Pentax might consider something like:
>Pentax *ist D: The beauty of advanced, digital photography - small, light
>and elegant.
>
>
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