I look for Pentax DSLRen. Without trying too hard I spotted a few in Paris my first day here. I don't have confirmation but I think I saw an MX as well.
-- Christian ------------------------------------- http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 01:02:26PM -0700, John Celio wrote: > Last sunday was Bay to Breakers, an annual footrace across San > Francisco. Few people seem to care about the "race" part, honestly: > tens of thousands of people (generally of college age) walk the route > drunk, high and partying. Lots of people show up in costumes ranging > from adult babies to superheroes to swarms of bees, and there are always > scantily-clad (or even naked) people amongst the crowd too. Because of > all this, most people show up with their cameras. I kept an eye out for > two kinds of cameras out of curiosity: Pentax cameras and film cameras. > > I saw four Pentaxes: two dSLRs (late models, though not sure which), a > W90 and an entry-level model whose number I couldn't see. > > I saw four film cameras: a Canon T-something, a Nikon F2 and two P&S > ultra-zoom Olympuses (Olympi?) > > Digitals from Canon, Sony, Nikon, Casio and some other brands were > represented quite frequently, though I didn't attempt to keep track of > them. Lots of them were ultra-zoom models, though, from every brand > that makes one. The fact that there were as many film cameras as > Pentaxes is somewhat alarming. I saw a few toy cameras (Holgas, etc), > but I don't count them under film cameras since they're more of a > hobbyist niche than 35mm cameras are (though admitedly they're heading > that way). > > What sorts of cameras do you notice when you're out in a crowd? > > John > > -- > http://www.neovenator.com > http://www.cafepress.com/jacelio > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Christian ------------------------------------- http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
