> Like you, I'll jump ship to Canon if nothing happens soon- and it kills me > to say >this.
Last night I was at two camera stores. At the first, I spoke with David, one of the store's salesmen and a highly opinionated longtime film-camera enthusisast. His early work was with Pentax screwmount and K mount gear. Now he shoots Contax 35mm and medium format. David explained to me why he is moving toward a switch to Canon EOS. "For the image stabilization?" I guessed. "No," he said, "for their superior metering capabilities." Plus the ease with which he can borronw or rent lenses. Later, at Ace Photo, a 50-ish dentist was shopping for his first digital camera, something "with at least 2 megapixels." (A fairly modest requirement, these days) He had been using a film-based SLR with a macro lens to get his dental shots, but now he hopes to do the same digitally. This way, he explained, he can send shots instantly to insurance companies and other dentists. He said he wants an SLR, "because that's why I've been using." But when he heard how costly the digital SLRs run, he backed down. He's looking to spend only about $1000 and needs a 1:1 macro capability or better. I mentioned the Lester Dyne version of the Kiron 105/2.8 1:1 macro lens. He was familiar with it and said that Lester Dyne is still around, making dental versions of lenses for digital cameras, too. Lester, at least, can read the writing on the wall. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
