On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:21:45 -0600, "Tom Pfeiffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote/replied to:
>I probably owned an SRT-201 shortly after you had the 101, and like you, I >couldn't afford the 1.2, in fact I'm not sure I was even aware of it. But I >saved up every nickel and did have a ROKKOR PF 58mm 1.4. Once I reached >"hobby affluence" in the 80's, I owned several 50mm f/1.4's. In fact I just >sold the last one last year. Awesome lens, great old cameras. > >You know, I wish I could get a nice split-prism, gridded focusing screen on >a Canon Digital SLR without spending $4500. I really miss those. > >Thanks for reminding me of those things... Ya, that reminded me, the 50mm was actually a 58mm. Mine got a bit of mold in it near the other edge, but it never really grew past a small amount and helped with soft portraits. I gave away my Minolta about 5 years ago, with the 58/1.4 and a nice Vivitar 28mm. The metering system worked but had to be used wide open since the lens mount ring long ago got a bit bent and the aperture thread didn't move no mo. My body was black and I had two SRT101s. Second one was bought for parts as the first one was in a fire and had plastic stuff melted in it so I got the second one with a bum shutter and swapped out parts to get one good one. Nice looking camera, had mirror lockup, preview button, and a decent shutter. -- Jim Davis, Nature Photography, http://easternbeaver.com/ Motorcycle Relay Kits * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
