In the film days, I think Pentax and Nikon were the big draws. When Canon came out with the AE-1, they became a player. Minolta made its mark with the Maxxam AF cameras. IMO, Pentax lost out with the SF series of AF cameras. Canon EOS cameras were much better, I believe. I am not as familiar with Nikon gear, although in my mind, the F series were pro machines. What seems strange to me is going to an electronics toy store and seeing lots of cameras there, Canons, Nikons, Sonys, Panasonics, and Olympus. Pentax? Hmmmmm. Maybe not.
Jim A. > So, after my fruitless search for the 16-50mm f2.8 > over the last coupe of days (except for the 5 > available from the guy in Tokyo on eBay, for > $1,185.00US), I decided to take a deep breath and not > worry about it for now. > > I took a drive down to a "local" camera shop in > Sacramento to pick up a couple white background rolls > and listen to the radio on the way. > > At some point I was reminded about this months' issue > of Outdoor Photographer. In it, they reviewed the K10D > touting its "unique" Foveon X3 chip (see inset, pg. > 92). Suddenly, those old feelings of being abused > crept back into my head drowning out Boston's "More > than a feeling." > > I got to the shop and found my rolls of Arctic White > 53" x 36' I was needing. I took a look around and > wasn't suprised to see everything but Pentax on the > shelves. So, I asked one of the salesmen, "Do you guys > carry any new Pentax stuff?" > > "No, sorry. You must be one of the last people to > still shoot Pentax." > > "Hum, that's a damn shame," I said, "if you did I buy > one of their new lenses from you." I thought my point > was obvious. > > "Well, only about 1 in a 1000 people ever ask about > Pentax anymore," he said as if his math were valid. > > "That may be, but some of their new gear is quite > good, ya know," I said not knowing that he really > didn't know and was even less interested in what I was > about to say. "The K10D has been making some waves and > they have some great new lenses coming out for it." > > "Well, I don't know anthing about it, I haven't read > any of the reviews on it, and I don't make those > decisions anyway the owner does. There's a lot of > great gear out there that we don't carry." At that > point he handed me the charge slip to sign and I took > my yellow copy and left. > > It's a sad thing though. I really used to get such a > kick out of going to camera stores. Not so much > anymore. > > -Brendan > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. > Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. > http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ > > -- > 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
