Finding other PENTAX users Out & About
David
[i]Bodies: 1x K-5IIs, 2x K-5, Sony TX-5, Nokia 808
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283

And the local LCE no longer stocks anything branded Pentax or Ricoh.
I was reading a magazine in the local WHSmiths and they referred to the K3 as a great camera by a vintage camera brand. Made it sound like the K3 had been out of production 10 years and Pentax was something from the past.
It does make me wonder how long Ricoh/Pentax can last. There was a pie chart in another magazine showing camera sales. Canon had the biggest slice of the cake, Nikon were only slightly behind. Sony, despite being third, had a puny share of the market. Then came Fuji, followed by Olympus and Panasonic. Finally, with a slice so small you needed a magnifying glass to see it, was Pentax. What was interesting was Nikon were only 5% behind Canon but all the other manufacturers combined fitted into that 5%, which meant Canon sold more than everyone else combined.
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I looked at ALL the other 'camera users' -- well NOT ONE PENTAXuser in Westminster, London Eye, South Bank,Trafalgar Square, or on the packed trains
I was on the South Bank yesterday, so Peter, it's either a trip to Specsavers for you or perhaps my camera was in my backpack as we passed. What's more, I even had a guy come up to me and say 'I've got one of those' and start chatting about Pentax. Now, if you had a Canon or Nikon and someone did that, you might be right to be a bit suspicious. Pentax is such a select club

Regards, Christopher
ChristopherWheelerPhotography
When we went to Skippool Creek, or, more accurately, when we went to view the flooded road to Skippool Creek, I only saw one other photographer. He was using a Pentax DSLR as well. Oh and there was Sue as well, so there were three of us, all using Pentax.
It must depend where you go.
Best regards, John
You can see some of my photos here if you are so inclined
Oddly, whenever I'm out and about in a group of photographers I seem to be surrounded by Pentax Users....
When we went to Skippool Creek, or, more accurately, when we went to view the flooded road to Skippool Creek, I only saw one other photographer. He was using a Pentax DSLR as well. Oh and there was Sue as well, so there were three of us, all using Pentax.
It must depend where you go.
Maybe its just Hampshire that's devoid of Pentax folk.

Whenever I see another Pentax user I greet them.
The only time I've spotted a fellow Pentax user in the wild (as opposed to on a PU awayday!) I was so shocked I forgot to say hello. Felt bad/stupid ever since.
So if someone on here was in Glenashdale, Arran on 30th May 2011, with what must have been a brand new K5, apologies


Tim
Some of my vaguely better stuff
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
I still vividly remember the day when I had 4 Pentax users (including myself), 3 Sony, and just one each of Canon and Nikon.

Dan
K-3, a macro lens and a DA*300mm...



I was waiting outside a shop for my wife and daughter and heard a sickening crunch and turned around to see someone pick a Nikon DSLR off the pavement, he then handed it back to his friend, the owner.

Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Peter Elgar
Member
BRENTWOOD,Essex,(UK)
been a member of Pentax Club since the Ron Spillman era! Got COMPUTERISED at last - DIGITISED? Taken the PLUNGE - BUT FILM STILL RULES !!!