Bruce, I switched brands - and formats often when I was working with photography. Sold most of my cameras to buy different ones I needed or offered some feature that would make my work easier. One camera - a Sinar 4x5 was absolutely needed to make some photos I had interest.
Used Canon Fd, Nikon, Pentax 67, Mamyia 645, Hasselblad, Kowa... Old Rollei and Yashica TLRs, and before I bought some waterresistant point and shoot I took some bikini shots with a Fuji waterrresistant disposable. Need to work, will use. Not switching a work tool to a better one because it's pretty or has sentimental value is foolish, IMHO. Pentax gear is with me all the way since 1976 - so I guess it's not exactly a tool for the job. LF Bruce Dayton escreveu:
Well, you raise an interesting point. Many talk of jumping ship, but not too many actually do. What happens is you have to differentiate between a justifiable need and a want. When you look at your current investment in a system, then you really start to figure out the real needs. There can be needs that are not satisfied by a particular manufacturer. For most 'normal' hobby level shooting, every manufacturer provides more than enough features. But for specialized situations where a Pro would be paid, a particular manufacturer may not have just the right features or gear. I think many times, it is the envy issue. It would be nice to have the brand/gear that everyone else looks up to rather than having the brand/gear that most people either don't know or have a mediocre opinion of. I think many are saying that Pentax needs to provide everything every other manufacturer does so they can be more respected.
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