Well, I was going to go on about the silliness of brand loyalty and all that. But I decided against it. Be loyal to a brand if you want, if it makes you feel good. Judging from all the whinging and angst I read, I'm not sure it does actually make anyone feel good. Sure does nothin' for me, but that's my opinion.
I've got my E-1, and the Nikon F, and a couple of nice Oly lenses, and a couple of nice Nikkor lenses, and the GXR, the Leica bodies both film and digital, and a sordid collection of great M-mount lenses. And the Baldix, and the Perkeo II, and the Bessa III ... And the SX-70! And i use them all quite happily, am happy with what they produce and also with where my photography is going. Still got a long ways to go. So where to go to get better, more, whatever equipment? Um, here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mjfvqilh07eepwf/hasselbladswc-1978-single.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/mjfvqilh07eepwf/hasselbladswc-1978.jpg It's cool, it's simple and easy to use, it's pretty, it will make great photographs if I can see them. It cost me less than whatever the latest gizmo du jour costs and it will never be worth less. Victor Hasselblad is just as much a ghost and gone whisper, an irrelevancy in the ether of today's market as Pentax. Or Minolta. Or Contax. Or Balda. Or Ricoh. Or Polaroid. I like it that way. I'll be concentrating on making photographs next year. Happy End of the World Day to you all! -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
