Originally posted by ll_coffee_lP Man....I'm lost on this thread. Who the hell is WendyB and why the hell should we care about him/her??
I asked the same question back around page 2.
The answer to the first part of your question is, I think, that WendyB is a member of the forum who, in certain posts and private messages to members, has posed as someone who is (a) a pro photographer of the sort that jets to Paris to do photo shoots; and (b) who has an intimate connection of some unspecified sort inside Pentax International. However, nobody can corroborate either of these aspects of WendyB's identity. No photos, which is odd for a pro photographer, indeed, it's pretty odd for a serious amateur these days. Worth noting, by the way, that the presence of photos would prove very little. But the absence of photos is suspicious. WendyB has also described herself as a surgery nurse. A lot of us who make money with our cameras have second jobs, so it's not impossible that a surgery nurse is also jetting to Paris to do photo shoots. And for all you know, I might be Cartier-Bresson's illegitimate grandson.
The answer to the second part of your question (why should you care?) is simple: there is no reason you should care. I don't. If WendyB actually
were a person who knew something about Pentax's plans for the future ... well, I still wouldn't care very much.
Basically, WendyB is just a little mystery the unraveling of which has been pursued with a bit more gusto than was perhaps strictly necessary. This thread has been a huge time waster for all concerned. (But it has had a few entertaining moments.)
Will