On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Bob W wrote: >>> What the pros are using, and particular the photo >>> journalists, are less important now for brand recognition >> >> I had two different sports photographers ask me on Tuesday what I >> knew about the new Pentax bodies after seeing that I was shooting >> with Pentax. > > Photojournalists that I know or have spoken to are always interested > in who's using what and why. It's important for them to have an edge > on the competition, so if they see someone using something > unconventional they want to know what benefit it is giving them. Over > recent years the range of different types of camera that > photojournalists use seems to me to have expanded significantly. I > know one guy who shot 4x5 in a war zone. A few of them are using > square format, or (as Shel posted some time ago) 'consumer' digicams. > They want their work to look different and to stand out from the herd.
Is it just me or are these two answers missing Paal's initial remark? Kostas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
