Sorry, I guess the WHY PENTAX is I fell in love with the camera and lenses early for compact size and quality. Later, this list hss played a big role in informing me about Pentax and giving me confidence in buying new Pentax offerings. Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
