Originally posted by tabl10s I was shooting at a local Table Tennis club last week and had this conversation with German going to one of our local Schools.
Young German: What camera is that?
Me: It's a Pentax K-5.
Young German: I didn't know that brand still existed.
He also said i had a "Big Objective"
(he meant the lens).
I know what you mean but, in 2009, I was hiking with the family at Bryce Canyon and ran into a German guy. As I walked past him, all he said was "nice camera." (I was packing my K20d an 18-250 lens.) I turned to him and he had a K10d with the same lens. We ended up becoming friends as he and his Argentinian fiance were eventually driving up to Alaska and they parked their rig in our driveway for a few days. As I said, I know exactly what you're talking about. When I owned my Spotmatic F and my K2 in the film days, Canon would have been considered a lower life form than Pentax. That certainly is not the case now. Somewhere along the line (it was their first foray into autofocus for me) they lost their vision, focus - whatever you want to call it. I'm hoping that they can recapture some of their former market share but, we'll see if it's too late or not.