None of my camera stuff was bought new, except film. So, I don't really care if Ritz stocks Pentax stuff or not. Besides, this was started by a *clerk* in the shop. A CLERK. Consider the source.
--- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have no idea whether Pentax is # 4, 5 or 15. And > quite frankly, I don't > care. I don't buy Pentax stuff as a status symbol. > > I also own bodies by Leica, Yashica and Minolta, and > I don't care where they > are ranked in sales, either. > > I care more about quality of images, and whether > what I own fits my needs and > my budget. > > By the way, Mr. Hansen might be interested to know > that "a cap that > goes on a Pentax camera without a lens" is called a > "body cap". Personally, I > prefer using the language succinctly. > > regards, > frank > > Brad Dobo wrote: > > > A Gregory L. Hansen posted this on 26/10/2002 > 7:08pm and there have been a > > bunch of follow-ups. I don't know if anyone here > posted to it, I'm sure > > some of you have seen it, but for the benefit of > others I pasted it. May > > check it out? If I'm a total moron and everyone > reads that newsgroup, just > > thump me one. ;-) Do we all think we are #4 or > #3? > > > > ---------------------------- > > I was at the local Ritz Camera today to pick up > various pieces, like a UV > > filter for my new lens, hood, cleaning kit, film. > I asked for a cap that > > goes on a Pentax camera without a lens, they > didn't have one. I asked for > > a cap for the rear of a Pentax lens, they didn't > have one, although they > > had some for Canon and Nikon. I asked about > extension tubes, and the guy > > said there are none, nobody makes lenses for > Pentax any more. And maybe > > he was just distracted or having a bad day, but he > seemed to say it with > > the kind of sneer used by a PC fan talking to a > Macintosh-using customer. > > Not a "Sorry, we're out", but a "Nobody makes > anything for that any more" > > with some implication that it's about time that > company went away and why > > aren't you using decent equipment? > > > > I knew Pentax wasn't top dog, but I thought number > 4 out of the big four > > wasn't so bad. Is Pentax on the way out, or is > the sales guy just a > > yo-yo? > > -------------------------------- > > > > > ****************************************************** > > Brad W. Dobo, HBA (Eds.) > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ICQ#: 16566668 > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all > possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/
