> have no desire to be parted from any of them (I only want the > weather resistant 100 macro that will soon be released (Is > there another brand with weather resistant lenses?))
Olympus > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On > Behalf Of Leon Altoff > Sent: 16 January 2010 12:25 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Why Pentax? > > My first SLR was an MX with an M50 f1.7 lens bought new in > 1981 (before I know about second hand gear). I still own them. > > Since then I have been slowly buying new gear, upgrading and > building up to my current kit. Every lens is Pentax (with > the exception of 3 Olympus macro lenses I use on a set of > bellows), flashes are Pentax. > Yes there are idiosyncrasies to the gear, but we get to know > each other and generally work well together. > > I've always liked the feel of the Pentax cameras and every > Canon I've picked up feels horrid (to me at least). My slow > approach to upgrading means that I could probably have > changed brands completely over any given 4 year period over > the past 29 years. Given the lenses I now own and the fact I > have no desire to be parted from any of them (I only want the > weather resistant 100 macro that will soon be released (Is > there another brand with weather resistant lenses?)), I'm > probably with Pentax for another 10 years at least. > > If there were no more Pentax and technology moved on to the > point I felt I needed new gear I would look at Nikon and > possibly Sony, but Pentax is not so far behind or so > unreliable that I have any desire to change now. > > Leon > MX, Super A, Z1p, MZ-S, *ist D and some modern stuff. > > 2010/1/16 Igor Roshchin <s...@komkon.org>: > > > > In view of various comments from people about K-7 and K-x, > I've been > > thinking, - why am I shooting with Pentax? > > This is a summary of my thoughts - I'd like to hear what > others think > > about this. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
