Well, you can take a look at the Professional Photographers forums here: http://www.photonews.com/forums/forums.html You will see: a) That they are just about all freelancers and pay for their own equipment. b) For 35mm they shoot Nikon and Canon
A search for "Pentax", in the Phototech forum yielded one 35mm related thread, "Camera for a kid". --- T Rittenhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, your post brings up an interesting question. Of professional > photographers who purchase their own equipment, as apposed to those who use > company, or pool equipment, what precentage use each brand and model. I have > no idea how one would find out, but I would bet that the use is more evenly > distributed than most peaple would guess. > > And, another thing to think about, just because the EOS1 is use by a lot of > pros, it does not mean a Rebel is a better camera than an ZX7. > > Ciao, > Graywolf > http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bruce Rubenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 8:51 AM > Subject: Re: Silly Photo.net thread > > > > It's only sill because Pentax users, who live in their own little universe > and > > are clueless when it comes to using other systems, think that a ZX-5n or > ZX-M > > and AF lens availabilty is just as good as Canon and Nkon for wild life. > Having > > used more than one system I would say that Pentax is fine for stuffed > animals, > > but for live ones there are far more sutiable tools. > > I know, it's all marketing. All magazines are paid off. All professional > > photographers using Canon or Nikon have either been given their equipment > for > > free, or mindless fools sucked in by the ads. As soon as Pentax comes out > with > > that world class, full frame sensor DSLR, they'll all see the errors in > their > > way and Pentax will be back on top. > > Pentax has aquired its present reputation through years of dilligent > > presistance of making 35mm SLRs that serious amatures and professionals > don't > > want. > > > > > > --- Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Here: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0021wu > > > > > > Yes, P�l, quite silly. The same attitudes/platitudes (generally > > > rehashed from the frontrunners' literature) show up in the rec.photo > > > newsgroups, too. > > > > > > The main problem, though, is that Pentax has done little to > > > counteract those old chestnuts. Wherever its confused design > > > direction has failed to make it look bad, its inept marketing has > > > stepped in to fill the breach. A real shame. > > > > > > However, I think that you (and also Brian) did provide good > > > rebuttals. > > > > > > The record will also show that at least one PDML member weighed in > > > for "the opposition" - not that I'm saying that there is anything > > > wrong with hyphenated loyalties or anything, mind you... > > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
