There's something to what you say. In fact, no matter how precise or strong or appointed, a camera cannot bestow talent upon it's user. Nevertheless, there ARE toy tools, hobbyist tools, amateur tools (often excellent, but not beefy) and professional tools. Professional tools are tools chosen by professionals to do the job at hand. One brand of tool suited to one discipline in a profession, may not be suited to other disciplines in the profession.
My son is a mechanic. When he started out, he didn't have much money. He bought a lot of Craftsman (Sears) brand tools. Well, they don't hold up to the job. Yeah, the tools are accurately made. Yeah, they fit fine in the hand. Yeah, they're perfect for me. Yeah, they'll replace any tool that breaks, but Mike was tired of loosing time (money) exchanging his broken tools at Sears. His boxes contain pretty much all Snap-On now. They don't break. If your going to put 250,000 rolls through your camera, it probably ought not to be an Olympus Stylus Epic, though I gave one of these fine cameras to my grown daughter for family use. I once attempted to use a very fine, expensive, but not match grade, rifle in competition. My rifle now has a match barrel, National Match trigger group, a match op rod and the rifle is professionally bedded. The increase in my score was significant. If you're going to do certain professional jobs with your camera, it better not be a Kodak Brownie. Just get used to the concept of professional tools designed to hold up to, or be accurate enough for, a professional job. Nothing in the forgoing should be taken to mean that Pentax doesn't make professional tools. They do. In fact, in addition to fine cameras, they make a most excellent rifle scope. It is probably not a good idea to insult folks with "Yada, yada, yada". Regards, Bob... From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yada, yada, yada....all this wasted bandwidh on what is or is not a pro > camera, Pentax or otherwise. I think alot of it is just sour grapes and envy > of the success of Canon, Nikon, Minolta, and others. The hardware does not > make a pro....it is the creative mind of the user that makes a pro. Any > camera can be a pro if properly used by a creative person. I have seen shows > just using a Holga or similar plastic cameras....and many of you complain > about the use of plastic on a Pentax and yet could not get an image into any > show using any camera. Look into yourself for a pro image, not to the > hardware. - 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 .
