I've got a friend who is working on his Ph.D in some wierd area. He's a clerk in a store (not camera) Damn smart guy, knows his stuff.
Brad Dobo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debra Wilborn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 6:37 PM Subject: Re: rec.photo.equipment.35mm > 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/ >
