Harumph! Admittedly, my MX ~is~ damn cute, but I like to think it's a pretty serious camera! <g> (I know, Bruce, your statement is what others may think, and may or may not be your personal opinion)
It is ironic, though, and has been mentioned on this list many times, that the fact that the K1000 has that "student camera" reputation, that it is overpriced, when you consider that one can, for about the same amount of money, pick up a KM, KX, MX, etc, all of which have more features. Of course the nice thing about a student buying a K1000 as a starter slr is that his/her lenses will fit and be usable on every other Pentax 35mm body that they may upgrade to in the future, should they decide to stay with Pentax. That can't be said for the Big Boys. ciao, frank Bruce Rubenstein wrote: > Used K1000's are HOT. They maintain a greater percentage of their original > value than any other Pentax model. They often sell on ebay for more than > cameras that originally cost more than the K1000, and are often better > cameras. The problem for Pentax is that many people only think of the K1000 > when they think of Pentax. The result of this is that when people went to > move up from the K1000, or wanted to start above a student camera, they went > for another brand. Yes, people also bought lots of the "cute" Pentax models > like the ME and MX, but for a "serious" camera one went elsewhere. > > BR > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I found it interesting to note later when I revisited the store -- when I > was more conversant with cameras -- that they had no used K-1000s to sell, > only used Nikons. Well, there's probably an explanation for that too. They > can't make enough on K-1000's, since one can buy them on ebay. > > But mainly what I found interesting is that Pentax STILL has that > reputation -- a good camera for photography students to learn on. At least > at that one camera store. Which makes me think that the Pentax reputation > overall is not quite as degraded (ignored, whatever, etc.) as some might > think. > > Doe aka Marnie -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
