I know a Pro who only uses pinhole cameras -- home made ones. He has a few Pentaxen, but they haven't been used for years.
Don Tom C wrote: > I'm sure what you say is true. That hasn't changed the fact that most pros > don't shoot Pentax. I didn't say I was a pro BTW, I was only speaking to my > way of thinking. If I was making my living from photography and I needed > something now, I would want it now, not later. > > Of course this issue of supply-demand-Pentax has been discussed how many > times on this list in the past 7 years? :-) > > Tom C. > > "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or > numbered." > > > > >> From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: K10D - More News >> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:25:47 -0400 >> >> Most pros make a list of what they need, and when their suppliers' rep* >> stops in every month or so they hand it to him, and it arrives via Fed >> Ex in a few days. Oh? It doesn't work like that for you? Maybe you are >> not such a pro as you think you are. Suppliers determine whether you are >> a pro or not, by how much you order from them per year. Someplace around >> $100K/year you start getting that kind of service. >> >> Humm...? Digital must be hurting those suppiers' business something >> fierce, as 50+% of that $100K was film. >> >> *Not to be confused with the manufactures rep who would only stop in if >> you were spending a mil or so with that particular company. Suppliers' >> Rep usually represent several companies, so you could order about >> anything you needed from them. >> >> -- >> graywolf >> http://www.graywolfphoto.com >> http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf >> "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" >> ----------------------------------- >> >> >> Tom C wrote: >>> I'm sure all this true but it gets pretty circular. Aside from market >>> momentum, one of the reasons most pros don't use Pentax may be because >>> they'd have to order it. >>> >>> If my income depended on my having the right equipment at the right >> time, >>> I'd go with a brand where I was pretty sure I could walk in and >> instantly >>> purchase whatever lens, accessory, backup body I needed at the time. >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- Dr E D F Williams www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ 41660 TOIVAKKA – Finland - +358400706616 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
