On Apr 13, 2011, at 4:50 PM, Jim King wrote: > Larry Colen wrote on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:18:16 -0700 > > (snip) > >> I can't help but wonder if Pentax owners have a similar reputation for >> annoyingly bragging about how our cameras perform as well, or better, than >> other brands, but cost so much less. > > Hah! I was hoping that someone other than me might be wondering about the > same thing.
My dad used to bemoan "slob appeal" as much as he decried "snob appeal". > > Actually, I'm a little disappointed that so much of the commentary on this > post has centered on form rather than substance... I think that in large part this is because the post itself was more about form than substance. He was lauding the craftsmanship and deriding professionalism, without regard to the quality of the final product. A craftsman is someone who makes the best possible use of his tools, whether it's a handplane, table saw, slide rule, or an optics modeling program running on hardware that would have given Seymour Cray a priapism. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
