It's a little late, but hey, I'm supposed to be retired and I'm working 2
jobs while trying to redo a bathroom.
In '68, shortly before the birth of our first child, my brother-in-law got
me a deal on a Spotty with a 50mm 1.4 for $100. I had seen previous versions
in a PX in Heidelberg, so I
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From: Cesar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 7:47 AM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
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Better late than never?
I have told this story here before, I hope I can stay consistent :-)
I had been sent to work in New Mexico
Cesar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Better late than never?
I hope so...
My very first Pentax was a used K1000, bought during Spring
1994, followed shortly after by a Z-50p. Both stolen a year
after, so I replaced them with a MX and a MEsuper. Then, after
the first LX (April 1997), started the
discussion list Pentax discussion
Subject: A new poll: Your first pentax?
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Mine was a P 30t, but came as a gift, so I don't know if it counts.
The first one of my own choosing was a spotmatic
Better late than never?
I have told this story here before, I hope I can stay consistent :-)
I had been sent to work in New Mexico/Texas. I went with a friend for a
hike up Sierra Blanca in New Mexico (still snow on the slopes). He was
shooting with an Olympus SLR (OM-1 I believe), I was
Well, it was a Spotmatic. I wanted one as a kid, but they were too
expensive, and over the years I used a series of rangefinders and point and
shoot cameras of varying quality.
A few years ago I was looking for a replacement for my wife's Canonet QL17
G-III (stuck shutter problem) and on a
First was a K1000. Then came a MX, then LX (2 of
them), then a ZX-M, then a 6x7, then a ME Super. I
never got more than 2 at a time. Currently I only keep
the ME Super. which is broken.
Regards
Albano
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Well, it was a Spotmatic. I wanted one as a kid,
but they
MX
Andre
K2DMD. Carefully researched to have all the features I wanted (MLU,
AE lock, some manual backup speeds, etc...). Surprisingly, one beaten
up specimen turned up at a local shop few weeks after that for a
bargain price with the Dial Data Back (I think it was used by the
secret police here with the
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The favorite pentax poll generated lots
Shortly before my first child was born in 1968, I upgraded from a very early
('59) Olympust PS to a Spotmatic. This is the first in a long line of
Pentaxes that are capable of taking better pictures than I am. I've won
awards with the Spotty and had pictures published in newspapers, but I'm
-- Sid Barras [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good
stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Mine was the MX with 50/1.7
Bought new in the early 80s and I still have it today.
Wendy
Wendy Beard
Ottawa, Canada
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Emne: A new poll: Your first pentax?
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Mine was a P 30t, but came as a gift, so I don't know if it counts.
The first one of my own choosing
On 7/8/05, Sid Barras [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Mine was a P 30t, snip
I've told this story before, but I will again, as it's been a while,
and there've been many new members of late.
When I
On 7/8/05, Sid Barras [EMAIL
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The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Not my first camera, but first Pentax was bought by my Dad for moi in 1971. SP
500 with
the standard
55
LX - my first ever eBay purchase.
Christian
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The favorite pentax poll generated
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Subject: A new poll: Your first pentax?
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Quoting Sid Barras [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Mine was an S1a with clip-on meter, purchased in the mid '60s - so I
suppose that dates me pretty well (but I was very young at the
time.)
Sold it
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sid Barras) wrote:
Spotmatic F, in 1980, as a student. Used the same one until I bought the
*istD in late 2003, and still have it. It was an upgrade from a Praktika
LTL, a stop-down metering M42 camera, with basically equivalent
functionality
discussion
Subject: A new poll: Your first pentax?
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Mine was a P 30t, but came as a gift, so I don't know if it counts.
The first one of my own choosing was a spotmatic, a real user off
ebay, and it came
MX with M 50 mm. 1.4, bought new in 1980 or 81.
I still have both of them, it was my first serious camera.
Carlos
MZ-6 + FA28-80 f/3.5-5.6. Replaced with a *real* lens - the FA 50mm
f/1.7 - after I found it's way too slow for my taste.
The MZ-6 is a nice camera with a bad viewfinder - so now I have a ME
Super as well.
--
Best regards,
Alex Sarbu
A brand new black Pentax ME with M 50mm 1,7. I was 16 and used all of
my money on this camera.
DagT
På 9. jul. 2005 kl. 02.32 skrev Sid Barras:
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Mine was a P 30t, but came as a gift, so I don't
On 8/7/05, Sid Barras, discombobulated, unleashed:
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
The first is always the best with me.
MX of course, in 1980. Although I did use a Spottie at art college in 1978.
I got a second body fairly
P30t of my brother. He was using his Z1 so I used his P30t with its
Pentax-A 28-80 3.5-4.5 and Metz 30BCT2.
KX + 55mm 1.8 went later :)
--
Thibouille
--
*ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ...
Collin R Brendemuehl wrote:
from keithw
Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:31:44 -0700
William Robb wrote:
LX with A50/1.2.
William Robb
Now, THAT's the equivalent of being born with a silver spoon
in your mouth, isn't it! Good for you! Never knew less...
Aced out on both accounts, body
William Robb wrote:
[...]
One thing I noticed, he went through a lot of OM-1 camera bodies. I
don't think he ever bothered to fix them, he seemed of the opinion that
if they broke, they were done. I suspect a lot of them just plain and
simple wore out. He shot reams of film.
My dad coveted
Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
ZX-L (a.k.a. MZ-6)... My first genuiwine lens was FA 50/1.7.
I've always wondered if I'd like that camera. I have looked at it from
afar, and keep a brochure on
My first Pentax was a MZ-M that I still own.
I bought it around 1999, in a 'cash-converters' (2n
hand) store. I exchanged it for my manual SLR Cosina,
along with its 28-80 kit lens.
I bought this Cosina with some money that my
Grandmother gave to me by saying 'and this time buy
something for you,
: A new poll: Your first pentax?
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Mine was a P 30t, but came as a gift, so I don't know if it counts.
The first one of my own choosing was a spotmatic, a real user off
ebay, and it came with a 20
My first Pentax was an MZ-50 I bought new with a FA 28-80/3.5-5.6
(black!) while on hols in Barcelona in 1999. At the time I tried (side
by side, on two different days at the same shop) the similarly priced
Canon, Nikon and Minolta. The Canon and Nikon I eliminated quickly. I
was finally won
Hi!
ZX-L (a.k.a. MZ-6)... My first genuiwine lens was FA 50/1.7.
I've always wondered if I'd like that camera. I have looked at it from
afar, and keep a brochure on it.
I may search one out at the local camera stores...
As tho' I really needed yet another camera body!
I hereby submit to
My first Pentax was the ME Super with 50mm lens and a Pentax flash.
I bought it 1981 in Hongkong when working on a Swiss freighter.
My first camera was the Olympus XA.
greetings
Markus
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The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Mine was a P 30t, but came as a gift, so I don't know
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Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 2:32 AM
Subject: A new poll: Your first pentax?
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Mine was a P 30t, but came as a gift, so I don't know if it counts. The
first one of my own choosing
Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
ZX-L (a.k.a. MZ-6)... My first genuiwine lens was FA 50/1.7.
I've always wondered if I'd like that camera. I have looked at it from
afar, and keep a brochure on it.
I may search one out at the local camera stores...
As tho' I really needed yet another camera
ME-Super
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The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me
From: Sid Barras [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 7:32 PM
Subject: A new poll: Your first pentax?
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Mine
*ist DS + DA14/2.8
Spotmatic with case and 50mm f1.4 super tak - $100 from
a friend at work. This was mid 80's. In the 70's I
had a Mamiya because I couldn't afford a Pentax, I was
only a teenager- gimme a break.
JCO
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Mine was a P 30t, but came as a gift, so I don't know if it counts.
The first one of my own choosing was a spotmatic, a real user off
ebay, and it came with a 20 pound sack full of lenses-- the
K-1000 with M50/2. Back in college, in 1980, iirc.
It replaced my Canon G-III QL17, which served me well for a year before.
But I wanted the idea of interchangeable lenses after seeing a friend's
early Vivitar Series 1 70-210/3.5.
But that was many rolls ago.
Collin
On 8 Jul 2005 at 19:32, Sid Barras wrote:
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Mine was a P 30t, but came as a gift, so I don't know if it counts.
The first one of my own choosing was a spotmatic, a real user off
ebay, and
K1000 with an A50/2, given to me by my mother.
--- Sid Barras [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good
stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Mine was a P 30t, but came as a gift, so I don't
know if it counts.
The first one of my own choosing
A K1000 as a birthday present from my dad way back in 82. 23 years later
it's still going strong.
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From: Sid Barras [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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My first Pentax was an H3v. My second was a Spotmatic F.
Paul
On Jul 8, 2005, at 8:32 PM, Sid Barras wrote:
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Mine was a P 30t, but came as a gift, so I don't know if it counts.
The first one of my
LX with A50/1.2.
William Robb
Used ME in '80.
New P30t in about '92.
Don
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Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 7:32 PM
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Subject: A new poll: Your first pentax?
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good
ES II Black body.
I was young but could somehow afford it with all sorts of accessories. Did
not bother with PS and do not remember why. Perhaps because my father was
a Nikon buff and I must have thought that SLRs were the only REAL cameras
:-).
I remember I was impressed by an eye piece shutter
K1000 with a 50 of some sort (f1.7, I think) which I bought in 1982 with
money awarded as a prize in a photo contest.
The prize-winning photo had been taken with my previous serious
camera, a German rangefinder ... No, not *that* German rangefinder; this
one is a Voigtlander Vito CLR with a
S1a with Takumar 55mm 1.8. It was stolen from my car with a 200mm lens
attached. Insurance was enough for a replacement S1a body but, as I was a
starving student at the time, it was a few years before I got another 200.
My brother used it for many years after I bought an SP1000. The S1a is now
ZX-7 with cheap Sigma 24-70/5.6 lens.
I think 3 years ago, and that was my first serious camera.
Liked to work with it in winter conditions (gloves) and got a good price
used.
It all decided my life so far.
Gasha
William Robb wrote:
LX with A50/1.2.
William Robb
Now, THAT's the equivalent of being born with a silver spoon in your
mouth, isn't it!
Good for you! Never knew less... Aced out on both accounts, body and
lens! Super!
* * *
I had been using a lot of OM-series Olympuses, and when I
Honeywell Pentax H2 with a 55 mm f1.8 Takumar. I got it used in 1966
when I was 16.
Joe
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Pentax *ist D with FA-J 18-35mm (-:
Well, okay I kinda tell a lie.
My dad was a pentax user - originally with a spotty, 50/1.4, 28/3.5 and
some tele-zoom. Then when that got stolen (containing baby photos of
me!) he got a K1000 and A 50/2 which I used once or twice, never
seriously though.
My fist Pentax was an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic. In 1966, I was
serving in the Marine Corps in Viet Nam. I was interested in
getting a better camera, and a friend showed me a new Minolta 101
SLR he had purchased in the main PX in Da Nang. When I got a
chance, I went to the same PX and asked for
On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 07:32:12PM -0500, Sid Barras wrote:
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Spotmatic II + 50mm/f1.4 (bought with my first paycheck)
I've told this story before so the short version here:
Father-in-law left his A3000 kit for us to sell in the yard sale. I kept it
and have since spent many times the take from the yard sale on pentax gear.
CW
cut this grass for the last time today.
--
No virus found in this outgoing
Mine was a MZ-M. Still got it.
Ciao,
Peter in Sydney
Sid Barras wrote:
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Mine was a P 30t, but came as a gift, so I don't know if it counts.
The first one of my own choosing was a spotmatic,
Mine was a K-1000 I bought in a pawn shop outside of Helena, Montana. I
was on a motorcycle trip and the shutter jammed on the one I was
carrying (right at Yellowstone Falls). We were headed for Glacier NP and
I needed a camera bad. The pawnshop had a K-1000 with a bag, a 50mm A
2.0 lens, a
ME-Super 1980. Friend had a Nikon FM2 with the legendary 50 1.4 that he
let me borrow for a weekend, but I could not afford the combo. The
ME-Super with a 50 1.4 was lighter, filled with more features, and less
expensive.
Sid Barras wrote:
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good
H-3, 1961, Bought new. Also my first serious camera and SLR.
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
Idiot Proof == Expert Proof
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Sid Barras wrote:
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Mine was a P
H1a - bought new in 1964. It was a real move up from the Argus C-3. I
was _forced_ to buy it 'cause the electronic flash my parents bought me
for Christmas wouldn't sync with the C-3. ;) Still have it, but it
sits on the shelf with a stuck shutter.
-P
from keithw
Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:31:44 -0700
William Robb wrote:
LX with A50/1.2.
William Robb
Now, THAT's the equivalent of being born with a silver spoon in your
mouth, isn't it! Good for you! Never knew less...
Aced out on both accounts, body and lens! Super!
Yup. Some with a silver
on Fri, 08 Jul 2005 17:48:02 -0700 Paul Stenquist wrote:
My first Pentax was an H3v. My second was a Spotmatic F.
Paul
My first two Pentaxes were the very same as Paul's. I bought the H3v
in college, to replace a Rollei (which I sold for $50, sob!). Since
then I've bought an LX, an SF-1,
Mine was the original Spotmatic with a Super Tak 50/1.4 lens. I'd been
reading photo mags for a while, looking at ads and reading reviews of
different cameras, and decided that it was the one I wanted, but it was
spendy for a poor out of work yet-to-be hippie.
I moved to San Francisco, made a
First Pentax was a point shoot of some sort. May have been the PC 133? Worked
well until my brother dropped in on a basketball court. =(
Then several years ago, got my hands on a K1000. Loved that shutter sound and
that it was all manual(and all metal). Eventually I wanted auto focus
aperture
My first Pentax was an H3 purchased in 1962. It had a f/2 55mm
semi-automatic lens meaning that you cocked it to open the diaphragm to
focus and it would automatically stop down for the shot - and stay down. The
meter was separate and mounted on top of the pentaprism but attached to the
slot
Hi!
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
ZX-L (a.k.a. MZ-6)... My first genuiwine lens was FA 50/1.7.
For the record, ZX-L is loaded with Agfa 400 b/w film and is being used
to shoot portraits of my daughter with Tamron 90/2.5. FA
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