----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Dobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 1:24 PM Subject: Re: Pentax FA 80-320mm zoom DISCONTINUED
> Oh, can't help but to reply to this! > > Feroze, > > > > From all the comments that I received about this lens 98% was positive. > > It was I think a economic decision more than anything as well as some > > bi-lateral investment agreement that I can't remember all the deatils of > > right now. > > Are you speaking to the FA 80-320mm? I may have to shop around quick for > one. I am only aware of one, is there others. From all the people I spoke theres in that range a 80-200, 100-300 (which I was warned to avoid) > > > To the best of my knowledge production of new Pentax lenses will be in > > Vietnam, but research and developement will take place in Japan. Its hard > to > > do research as the press releases are in Japanese. I speak 2 languages and > > understand about 16 others, this is not one of them > > Vietnam?!? No offense, but I hope you are wrong, when I've ordered my > stuff, I tell the guys to make sure that it is stamped 'Made in Japan'. If > you are right, no equipment will show up for me :) Can't find the link right now, but I think it was the popular photography review > > Am I reading that correctly you speak 2 languages and understand 16 others? > You are a language prodigy! That's great! I struggle with one language :) I read, write & speak English and Afrikaans, I pray in Arabic, I understand spoken Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Hindi, Telegu (all Indian Langauges) Zulu, Xhosa, Tswana, & Funigalo (all African) a bit of German, Dutch and some Sanskrit. South Africa has 11 offical langauges and most black people speak all of them fluently. This is very very common here. Oh and I understand American Canadian and Australian english :) English is not the most common langauge on earth sorry its Mandarin and no I don't speak that > > > A lot of microsoft's software for eg is written in India, of the 16 > "outside > > germany" BMW plants the 2 South African ones have the highest awards for > > quality. Most of your brand name clothing like Hugo Boss, purfume etc is > > made in the Far East. Sony is Japanese but isn't manufactured there. > Wadia, > > theta digital, and other American ultra high end audio components are > > sourced that side as well. > > Well well well, no wonder why Windoze sucks :) Do they hire child labour > for writing code now? I thought North America just exploited foreign > companies. Like Nike shoes made by children. Windows sucks cause there isn't an alternative Levi jeans, spalding basket balls, 89% of the worlds choclate is made by child slave labour the list is endless..... Most of the code for Windows XP was wriiten in India, the rest by foreign nationals living in Silcon Valley specially imported by Gates Its cheaper to pay these people for the same work in their currency as only the british pound is higher than the dollar > > > How many products made in Canada have failed you? > > Uhhh...honestly, Canada has no production facilities....or damn close :) We > get by selling wheat to Russian, wood and electricity to the US, other than > that, it's all igloos :) > > > No I don't have a problem > > What problem are you speaking of? I was talkin on the phone when i typed this, must have typed what I was saying damm didn't see that > > Brad Dobo > >
