You never know! ;-)
Tom C. > >So you're saying if you both shut up, then the list will be naturally >balanced? > >-- >Bruce > > >Wednesday, August 23, 2006, 10:54:52 AM, you wrote: > >TC> Funny... I attack Pentax to maintain list equilibrium. :-) > > > >TC> Tom C. > > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >>Subject: Re: venting about lack of available 3rd party & other lense > >>Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:52:09 +0000 > >> > >>Same guy. I'll debate you when I think you're attacking Pentax unfairly. > >>But that's just to help maintain list equilibrium. If I'm a fan of any > >>camera, I guess it would be Leica thread mounts, but I'm a user for the > >>most part. I've owned and used two Nikons, five Mamiyas, two Leicas, one > >>Speed Graphic, one Minolta, one Canon and two Fujis in addition to ten >or > >>so Pentax. I blame list enablement for the large number of Pentax >tools:-). > >>Paul > >> -------------- Original message ---------------------- > >>From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > Are you the same Paul or have you been body-snatched by alien space > >>pods? > >> > :-) > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Tom C. > >> > > >> > "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or > >> > numbered." > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >> > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >> > >Subject: Re: venting about lack of available 3rd party & other lense > >> > >Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:09:42 +0000 > >> > > > >> > >Cameras are only tools. I'm not a fan or an advocate of any brand. >I've > >> > >used most of them at one time or another. > >> > >Paul > >> > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > >> > >From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > > That borders on heresy coming from you, Paul. :-) > >> > > > > >> > > > I've actually heard lots of good things about the D200. > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > Tom C. > >> > > > > >> > > > "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, >debriefed > >>or > >> > > > numbered." > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >> > > > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >> > > > >Subject: Re: venting about lack of available 3rd party & other > >>lense > >> > > > >Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:48:32 -0400 > >> > > > > > >> > > > >The Pentax K10, which is due next month, looks to be very >similar > >>to > >> > > > >the Nikon D200. Perhaps better if Aaron's secret feature amounts >to > >> > > > >something. In any case, If I were to jump, it certainly wouldn't >be > >> > > > >to Nikon. The only viable alternative I see is Canon. > >> > > > >Paul > >> > > > >On Aug 22, 2006, at 9:43 PM, Amita Guha wrote: > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > On 8/21/06, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > > > >> Amita, > >> > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> Jump when in-body shake reduction is becoming > >> > > > > >> available in a weather-sealed body? For Canon's > >> > > > > >> overpriced and underperforming glass, or third-party > >> > > > > >> glass? > >> > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> You've gotta be kidding. > >> > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> Rick > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > No, I'm not kidding. The specs on the K100 series don't >impress > >>me, > >> > > > > > nor do the latest batch of Pentax lenses. I'm going to keep >my > >>best > >> > > > > > Pentax lenses and the *istD, so If Pentax decides to someday >put > >>out > >> > >a > >> > > > > > body that is worth my money, I will snap it up in a >heartbeat. > >>The > >> > >3rd > >> > > > > > party glass thing is just a symptom of a larger problem. >Bottom > >>line > >> > > > > > is that I'm sick of waiting for Pentax to put out products >that > >>I > >> > > > > > actually want. I still love my existing glass, but I think >three > >> > >years > >> > > > > > is long enough to wait for a new body. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > In the meantime, I have my eye on the Nikon D200. I'm going >to > >>go > >> > >look > >> > > > > > at one this weekend. I'm not certain I'm going to go to >Nikon, > >> > >because > >> > > > > > I want to wait for the camera shows, but I'm hoping to start >a > >>new > >> > > > > > system by the end of the year. I spent last weekend >researching > >> > >lenses > >> > > > > > for both Canon and Nikon and I'm satisfied that I can get >what I > >> > >need > >> > > > > > for either system, although I will certainly miss my Ltd >glass. > >>:) > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > Cotty, Nate thinks that the 20D would be almost a step >sideways > >>from > >> > > > > > the *istD, although if I decide to go with Canon, I'll >probably > >> > >start > >> > > > > > with the 20D and go from there. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > Amita > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > -- > >> > > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> > > > > > [email protected] > >> > > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > >-- > >> > > > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> > > > >[email protected] > >> > > > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > -- > >> > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> > > > [email protected] > >> > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > >-- > >> > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> > >[email protected] > >> > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>[email protected] > >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
