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Comment by Aitch53 posted on Parting of the ways... at 29/07/2016 - 09:20
After several weeks of soul-searching, internet research, making spread-sheets of various factors and checking out the picture I have taken I came to the conclusion that, basically, I seem to get better results with my Panasonic G5 (µ4/3). So I decided to get rid of all my camera gear, except my G5 and my LF1 pocket camera, and the relevant lenses.
I didn’t get all that much for it all, the second hand value of digital camera gear being what you might call derisory, but enough to pay off a credit card or two, ready to start concentrating on my µ4/3 system.
It’s a shame, I’ve been a Pentax user since the ‘80s, but the time has come for the parting of the ways, to move onto a system I am more comfortable with.
I'll miss this forum, it's more laid-back and friendly than most.
Goodbye and thanks for the fun time I've had here.
I didn’t get all that much for it all, the second hand value of digital camera gear being what you might call derisory, but enough to pay off a credit card or two, ready to start concentrating on my µ4/3 system.
It’s a shame, I’ve been a Pentax user since the ‘80s, but the time has come for the parting of the ways, to move onto a system I am more comfortable with.
I'll miss this forum, it's more laid-back and friendly than most.
Goodbye and thanks for the fun time I've had here.
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Parting of the ways... at 28/07/2016 - 15:21
You have GOT to stop your parents watching Last of the Summer Wine!
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Where are they at 24/07/2016 - 18:52
AggieDad wrote:
Below is a quote from a post I wrote on the U.S. Pentax Forum last summer. Yes, Pentax cameras are few-and-far-between in the U.S. In fact, almost all are bought on line.
You weren't on holiday with the children/grandchildren about a week ago, in the Staines area, were you? Toting a white bodied K? and wearing a rather loud shirt? Below is a quote from a post I wrote on the U.S. Pentax Forum last summer. Yes, Pentax cameras are few-and-far-between in the U.S. In fact, almost all are bought on line.
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Throughout this year's trip (Colorado Springs, Cody, WY, Rocky Mountain NP, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton NP) I have been doing an informal poll by looking at the brand name on everyone's DSLR camera. In these highly photographed places there have been a lot of DSLRs!
During this time, I have seen exactly ONE Pentax - mine!
Now I know Pentax has a small market share, but I did expect, out of the many, many cameras I have seen to see at least one that wasn't mine. After all, somehow they have to stay in business.
.Throughout this year's trip (Colorado Springs, Cody, WY, Rocky Mountain NP, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton NP) I have been doing an informal poll by looking at the brand name on everyone's DSLR camera. In these highly photographed places there have been a lot of DSLRs!
During this time, I have seen exactly ONE Pentax - mine!
Now I know Pentax has a small market share, but I did expect, out of the many, many cameras I have seen to see at least one that wasn't mine. After all, somehow they have to stay in business.
johnriley wrote:
Funnily enough, when I did a similar informal head count in Devon a few weeks ago, more than 80% of the cameras I saw were Pentax.
I deduce from this that Devon is the centre of Pentax Using in the UK and perhaps their biggest market........
Or you were at the AGM of the UK Pentax owners club? Funnily enough, when I did a similar informal head count in Devon a few weeks ago, more than 80% of the cameras I saw were Pentax.
I deduce from this that Devon is the centre of Pentax Using in the UK and perhaps their biggest market........
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Pentax Users... at 23/07/2016 - 09:12
JohnX wrote:
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None of my spending on cameras and lenses has improved my poor picture making technique and 'eye', although my photos are all sharp, well exposed, etc .
My conclusion is to let the K1 pass for now and spend my money on good food and drink!
Or a photography course?...
None of my spending on cameras and lenses has improved my poor picture making technique and 'eye', although my photos are all sharp, well exposed, etc .
My conclusion is to let the K1 pass for now and spend my money on good food and drink!
I have the same problem and, given enough disposable income, would love to do a decent course.
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Buying another body at 21/07/2016 - 12:07
According to this, it's a Sikorsky S-76C.
eta: Googling the registration usually brings up something useful. Assuming you've got the full registration...
eta: Googling the registration usually brings up something useful. Assuming you've got the full registration...
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Air Ambulance at 17/07/2016 - 12:18
SteveLedger wrote:
Having an American accent only implies he was raised in the US.
Doubt Pentax cameras popularity is different than UK/EU/Australia/NZ on a per capita basis...
Well, I HAD meant this to be a mildly humorous thread, about the scarcity of Pentaxians, that’s why I added the smiley. Oh well. Having an American accent only implies he was raised in the US.
Doubt Pentax cameras popularity is different than UK/EU/Australia/NZ on a per capita basis...
richandfleur wrote:
Pentax is essentially non existent in NZ. We (Fleur and I) went that way after picking up a Pentax film camera back in the days before digital. Then that merged into the K100d which we picked up in Australia and shared the lenses between both bodies.
Since then Pentax has disappeared from Camera shops. Well to be more specific most camera shops have disappeared and most cameras are now purchased via chain electronic and home appliance/consumer electronic types shops here. Pentax doesn't feature in them, and is only available in NZ via a few select dedicated camera shops in a few cities. Can't say what it's like elsewhere in the world, but you have to go very very far out of your way to even acquire a Pentax, and most have never really heard of it, other than from the 'My Dad had a Pentax' type conversations.
Interesting. And got me thinking.Pentax is essentially non existent in NZ. We (Fleur and I) went that way after picking up a Pentax film camera back in the days before digital. Then that merged into the K100d which we picked up in Australia and shared the lenses between both bodies.
Since then Pentax has disappeared from Camera shops. Well to be more specific most camera shops have disappeared and most cameras are now purchased via chain electronic and home appliance/consumer electronic types shops here. Pentax doesn't feature in them, and is only available in NZ via a few select dedicated camera shops in a few cities. Can't say what it's like elsewhere in the world, but you have to go very very far out of your way to even acquire a Pentax, and most have never really heard of it, other than from the 'My Dad had a Pentax' type conversations.
I had a leaf through my collection of photo-magazines. Not a Pentax advert in any of them. Canon, Nikon, Olympus etc all advertise. Pentax get mentioned in listing adverts (Wex. Park etc) but don’t seem to do any advertising of their own.
A general check in Smiths and on the web finds that there are bookazines/magazines specifically for Canon/Nikon. None for Pentax. A couple of the magazines have articles of the type “How to do X with your Nikon/Canon/Olympus/Sony/whatever”. No mention of Pentax.
Don’t Ricoh UK have a marketing/PR/whatever department to push the product? Combined with stories on this forum and others about the lack of support from Ricoh, I get the impression that they don’t actually care about the Pentax brand in this country and wouldn’t be bothered if it went the same way as in NZ.
At some point in the near future, I am probably going to have to decide, for time reasons, whether to concentrate on my MFT system (currently Panasonic) or my Pentax system. I like my Pentax kit, but...
Sorry if this seems overly pessimistic; contradictory evidence would be welcome.
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Pentax Users... at 17/07/2016 - 10:03
Yesterday morning, I was walking to the shops and noticed a group of people, probably three generations of a family, walking towards me. And the oldest bloke had a Pentax (a totally white one!) hanging round his neck.
"Good grief, a Pentax user, " I said with a bit of a smile, "that makes two of us!"
His reply, also with a smile, was "Probably the last two in the world."
Does the fact that he had an American accent imply Pentax are not that popular the other side of the pond?
"Good grief, a Pentax user, " I said with a bit of a smile, "that makes two of us!"
His reply, also with a smile, was "Probably the last two in the world."
Does the fact that he had an American accent imply Pentax are not that popular the other side of the pond?
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Pentax Users... at 16/07/2016 - 12:27
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Concerning walkeja's whale... at 13/07/2016 - 15:20
I will be keeping an eye on Pentax (and this board - it can be fun and there are always some good pictures), but I've sort of given up on them as they seem to have given up on anything but DSLRs - my ideal Pentax would be a CSC based on the old MX, with much simplified internal software, but that ain't (ever) going to happen. Well, not at a price I could afford!
Cheers, guys 'n' gals, keep on taking the pictures!