And how is Photo.net different than any mailing list that espouses a particular brand of cameras and attenuate accessories. There's an awful lot of "enabling" going on on this list, and not only for the 67 cameras. IMO, the truth is that the internet encourages consumerism in these instances, with groups of people with similar interests getting together and, essentially, congratulating one another on their cleverness. I see it on the Leica list, the CV list, the RF list, and so on. Individuals now often make buying decisions based on touts from their own group - after all, who knows a particular brand of product better than the people who use it, notwithstanding the fact that many of those users may not be familiar or experienced with similar, competing products.
I recognize that these comments are a bit of a generalization, but no more so than P�l's comments, and I believe that, while there are certainly exceptions to this way of going about making purchasing decisions, there are, nonetheless, many decisions made in this fashion. Witness the spate of 67 purchases after Aaron waxed so ecstatic about his find. Of those who subsequently purchased a 67, how many actually went out and physically compared the Pentax to other brands - actually using several (not just holding them and dry-firing them in a camera shop), making direct comparisons, and determining *from that experience* which 6x7 format camera was ideal for them? How many, after hearing the praises heaped on the 67 by those who already owned one, bought one on eBay or elsewhere without ever having made the comparison, or even spending a day or so with a 67? P�l Audun Jensen wrote: > > BTW Interestingly enough, and also a point that underlines the consumerist > nature of photo.net, is the fact that there's a anti medium format > undercurrent on the nature section. Pretty weird considering that MF is the > most popular format globally for landscape, which is the most popular area > of nature photography. > Of course, anything that can, in one way or another, be considered "better" > than the consensus products is in effect a threat to happy consumerism for > the majority of the posters. MF need to be dismissed as ok for weddings, > which is apparently the grosses insult there is, but not for "serious" > photography. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/darkroom-rentals/index.html - 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 .
