I mentioned a week or 2 ago that I was reading "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" by Nicholas and Richard Crane, and that they took an MX with them across the Himalayas, Tibet, Gobi, Taklamakan etc.
Well, one of the stories they tell is that the camera did, in fact, break down. But in Golmud they happened to see a Japanese person who had a bulky camera bag, so they went over to talk to him. He turned out to be carrying 3 Pentaxes, and he willingly sold one of them to the Cranes, and they all became firm friends there and then and maintained their friendship well after the expedition was finished. "What", they wondered, "are the chances of finding a Pentax body in Golmud? Or, for that matter, Tibet or even the whole of China? Let alone finding someone to sell it?". -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jens Bladt > Sent: 23 September 2006 08:55 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: RE: The Pentax Way > > Yes, Shel. > Photography is truely a great hobby. It makes you interested > in everything > visual/graphic, which will very often lead to fine human > contacts, great > nature experiences - from landscape, to diving, flying, > hiking, flora, > fauna etc. I can't think of any other hobby or activity that > does this. > Pentax or anything else. It's a good thing that Pentax isn't > the por's first > choise. Pentax users will be regarded as amateurs = photographers who > photograph because they love it - not (entirely) because they have to. > Regards > > > Jens Bladt > http://www.jensbladt.dk > +45 56 63 77 11 > +45 23 43 85 77 > Skype: jensbladt248 > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > vegne af Shel > Belinkoff > Sendt: 22. september 2006 16:34 > Til: PDML > Emne: The Pentax Way > > > Yesterday I met a friend and fellow Pentaxian for lunch in > the little town > of Point Richmond. We schmoozed, swapped lenses, and I got > to try his new > DA50-200 and Zenitar 16/2.8. After he headed home, I > lingered a bit, and > as I was leaving an older gentleman approached me and asked > if I was using > a digital camera. One thing led to another, and we grabbed a > table outside > the small restaurant where I'd had lunch just a short while > before. Ben > had a lot of questions about DSLR's, and we talked mostly > about Leica and > Pentax (Ben's a Leica user from the M3 days, and has an M3 and an M4). > > By the time we parted, Ben was quite impressed with the current > capabilities of the Pentax DSLR cameras, and is quite > interested in the > K10D. He now has John Celio's info @ Reed's Camera in Walnut > Creek, and it > wouldn't surprise me at all if he contacts John and orders the camera. > > Some years ago, after not having done photography for a > number of years, I > picked up my cameras again, in part with the idea that it > would allow me to > meet new people and make new friends. It certainly has ... > from this list > alone I have personally met numerous people from all over the > US, some of > whom I consider good friends, and others are certainly great > acquaintances, > and that doesn't include those friendships that are only on line > relationships. And, of course, there have been quite a few > people I've met > just by carrying a camera around while out shooting, like Ben. > > That's "The Pentax Way." > > > Shel > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release > Date: 09/22/2006 > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release > Date: 09/22/2006 > > > -- > 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
