I've a friend who went the other way. Started with a Pentax K1000 - one of the "Asahi" ones, and an M50mm F2. Then bought Nikon because everyone uses Nikon. The other day he told me that the M50 is much sharper than the Nikon 50mm f.14 he bought until both hit f8. Last time he took a long trip, he took one lens and one camera. Pentax.
-Lon, who is repenting
Dag T wrote:
Thanks! Well said!
I divide these people into two types:
The pessimists, who are like children before christmas. They are so exited and so afraid to be disappointed that they see boogiemen all over the place.
The real apologists, who have converted or want to convert, but feel really bad about because they somehow know that it will not make a difference. They will not be better photographers. Also, they miss this gang.
OK, you can exclude me now .-)
I�m here because I use Pentax, and intend to continue using it. So I get some information, and some laughs, but I may or may not be a better photographer. I�ve lots of friends making great photographs with anything from Leica to Holga. One of them told me he�d like to convert from Nikon to Pentax. The reason was that he, after winning a lot of competitions, was tired of making free Nikon advertisements when people asked what he used. He would like to be an outsider, like me. After all, he says, the trademark on the camera does not make the images. All you need to do is to learn how to use what you�ve got.
DagT
P� tirsdag, 8. juli 2003, kl. 18:55, skrev Doug Brewer:
It's getting damned tiresome going through my email and getting the feeling that since I, as an unapologetic fan of Pentax and Pentax gear, appear to be unwelcome on the PDML. It is now, I notice, become fashionably oh-so-clever to refer to Pentax fans as cheerleaders, in a pejorative sense. Isn't that fun?
But you know what? Kiss my ass. Enjoying my Pentax gear, and reading about others who enjoy theirs, is just as valid a use for this list as the constant whining and grinding negatism pouring from the fingers of those among us who apparently feel the need to worry about what other people use to take photographs.
So you use another camera brand. I couldn't care less. Why do you spend your time and energy worrying about what I use? Why do you feel the need to insult me because I use a brand you don't like? Are you really that pathetic?
Are you angry at Pentax? Fine. Sell your Pentaxes, get another camera, and get the hell over it. Just stop shouting at me because I haven't mustered up enough outrage to suit you. If you feel personally insulted by business decisions made by a camera manufacturer, I suggest you get out of photography and go find some actual issues to occupy your time.
I know someone is going to accuse me of trying to censor the list, or that I'm too sensitive, or that I can't stand criticism of Pentax. Bullshit. Valid criticism is fine. I've engaged in it myself. Anyone who knows me can tell you I'm hardly sensitive. And you know I don't censor the list.
All I ask is that you give me a break. If you don't like Pentax, that's cool with me. Just get off my back if I say I like it.
