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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-10-2017, 05:32 AM
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In a crowd of maybe 5k people a couple weeks ago, I spotted two Pentax cameras - a blue K-S1 and one that I think was a version of the K-3. These are mostly tourists roaming around a large farmers' market. By my observations,
-Anyone taking a photo of a group of their friends was using a cell phone.
-Anyone spending 15 minutes to take photos of a fruit stand at several different angles is using a Nikon DSLR.
-Anyone carrying a large camera but not actually using it had adapted some monstrously large lens to a sony mirrorless.
-Anyone with a "large point and shoot" had a Canon Powershot G10 or newer model slung over their shoulder (these seem pretty popular).
-Anyone actively walking around with their eye to a viewfinder clicking away is a hipster teenager who had just purchased a (new to them) Pentax k1000 at the market and it had no film in it. They often reflexively attempt to chimp.
-Anyone sheepishly hiding a camera under their coat had an Olympus (these may be as rare as Pentax, but I still see the odd e3/500 kicking around).
I'd say that Pentax DSLR's have increased in relative popularity with the overall declining DSLR using crowd, but this may simply be observational bias. At this market, I usually spy at least one Pentax per week not counting my own:D, and the abundance of Canon Rebels seems greatly reduced compared to a few years ago.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-25-2015, 07:31 PM
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I saw my first Pentax K-s1 in the wild yesterday - at a talk that happened to be in a church.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-13-2015, 04:29 AM
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I saw a k-30 with kit lens the other day, and a different person with a k-3 with a honking sigma telephoto of some kind. Two in one day, and they weren't travelling together.
Spotting a Pentax is a rare event, but when you do, hand them a copy of the Drinking Rules and whip your own Pentax out. Head to the bar and keep your cameras on standby. This drinking rule won't be invoked often, but when it does...Armageddon.
There's a similar rule when travelling abroad and you spot a fellow countryman.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-01-2014, 05:12 AM
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I saw my first non-black Pentax in the wild this summer, something white with a white 18-55 attached to it.
My impression is that I've seen more Pentax cameras in my area than in previous years (rural Ontario). One of the local camera shops has even started carrying Pentax dslr's again, k-50/500, but their lens selection is non-existent outside of the kits.
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