I started with a ME in '78 and left the camera shop lusting for more lenses. I bought more of the M lenses, then a Super Program, then a PZ-1. Then I found this list and the house filled up with Pentax gear - screwmount to 67's. Digital has been a great for me and with the K-7, I no longer miss Kodachrome. Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 7:34 PM, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > > In 1973 the guy who drove the race car I wrenched asked me if I wanted to buy > a screw mount Mamiya 1000 DTl and two lenses.: a Mamiya 55/1.8 and a > Vivitar 200/3.5. I was just getting into magazine journalism, so I bought > them. A year or two later I added a Vivitar 20mm/3.5 and a Mamiya 135/2.8. I > used them for quite a few years, eventually replacing the Mamiya body with a > Fuji and a used Pentax H3v. Made plenty of money with those cameras. In > later years I cut way back on the journalism and the cameras sat for a while. > But I was a screw mount fan, so some years later I bought a couple of > Spotmatic Fs and a bunch of Pentax screw mount lenses. I even bought a > Spotmatic Motor Drive. Then I thought I really ought to have an LX, then an > MX, and of course more lenses. Got back into journalism and added still more > lenses and bodies. Then came digital, so naturally I went with a camera that > would mount all my K lenses. I'm on my fifth Pentax digital now. Love the K7. > Low light is good enough for me. Wouldn't mind better autofocus, but I can > make this setup work. I'd switch if I was shooting football or working a > heavy photo-J beat, but for what I'm doing, Pentax is just fine. Still have a > lot of my screw mount equipment. The Vivitar 200/3.5, which has some duct > tape holding the manual/auto switch in place and plenty of cleaning scratches > on the front element, has a place of honor in my displace case. > Paul > > > > -- > 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.
