On 3/21/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, nice to hear him say that about Pentax, but what sort of > credibility does someone have if they can write "Neither Canon nor > Nikon ever made anything used by serious photographers". > > It's this sort of thing that makes him such a total arse, frankly, in > the way he blithely dismisses almost every photojournalist of the last > 60 years as 'newsguys' and not 'serious photographers'. What a wanker. > > To say nothing of his assumption that amateurs are not serious > photographers. > > If this wasn't a family list I'd call him a Gareth.
You just did Dave > > -- > Bob > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Peter Lacus > > Sent: 21 March 2007 22:04 > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: Facts about the PDML's favorite photographer > > > > > http://www.modestypanel.com/artorcrap/# > > > > > > I got 12/16, which was a bit disappointing, but I didn't > understand > > > that some of it was not art, and the pisspot suckered me. > > > > I scored 8/16, e.g. truly random, but I think they are all > > crap in there > > anyway. > > > > BTW have you noticed: > > "Pentax' ads were cute, but very sad. Pentax has been one of > > the driving > > forces in Japanese photo gear for many decades. Want to know > > what light > > meter Ansel Adams used? He used the Pentax spotmeters. > > > > It's sad that Pentax has to grovel to Canon and Nikon like > > this. Neither > > Canon nor Nikon ever made anything used by serious > > photographers, like > > Ansel's light meters or the extraordinary Pentax 67 medium-format > SLR > > system which still creates images far better technically than > > anything > > from Nikon or Canon. Canon and Nikon have only made piddly > > 35mm cameras > > or digital SLRs used by amateurs and newsguys, not large > > format gear for > > serious artists (Nikon does make view camera lenses.) > > > > Pentax shouldn't have to supplicate itself to Canon and Nikon." > > > > these words wrote the same Ken Rockwell > > http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/pma07-b.htm > > > > Cheers, > > > > Peter > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
