----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 7:11 PM Subject: Re: attitude
> On 5/3/05, mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey, > > If you have switched to Canon what are you doing on this site? > > First of all, I think Christian has an Optio MX or some Pentax p&s. > Second of all, read Cotty's post. Third of all, he'll be back > eventually... <g> And fourth... I have a huge poster in my home office displaying 50 years of Pentax SLR cameras which I cherish. I still have a spotmatic or two (non-functioning, but jewels of craftsmanship nontheless) and a handfull of Takumar lenses that still function in this day of disposable devices. Not to mention the thousands of transperencies shot with my beloved LX and MXen and thousands of images shot with the *ist D. I didn't throw away my attitude about photogrpahy. And a big part of that attitude was being a Pentax owner/shooter. The number of Pentax users in the world is smaller than Nikon or Canon, we all can agree on this (I think!), but this list is far more active than any forum for those other makes. On top of that (and trust me, I've scanned Canon forums....EESH!) the wealth of knowledge about gear and all things photographic is tremendous on this list that was created by and for people who love Pentax cameras. Somehow it seems to me (and this may be prejudice on my part) that Pentax users, at least the ones on this list, are more knowledgeable than users of those "other" cameras. Sure, I called Pal and idiot today, but really, he's no idiot. No one who posts regularly to this list (some I've met, many I'd like to) are idiots. In fact I've learned alot about photography here and made some great friends. My Linux server at work is named "pentaxian.office.###.com" I have no intention of renaming it. Christian
