On Sun, 18 Feb 2001, David A. Mann wrote:
> Well, I did it: I've bought another K2 body, this one with a 50mm f/1.2 lens.
Congrats!
> And now the bad news, I traded two of my other K2's to buy it :( So at the
> moment the only 35mm bodies I have are a single K2 and a Z-1p so now I
> can only run two types of film at a time! I'm going to miss those other
> bodies, but I just didn't have much use for four bodies, let alone five.
Well, as long as you got at least one body and a good lens to replace
them, that's not too bad. At least you're enabling someone else to buy
Pentax bodies, and that's a Good Thing, right? :)
> BTW, the f/1.2 lens is beautiful; it looks as if it was made
> yesterday. The rear element is _huge_: it's as big as the mount will
> physically allow. Both the front and rear elements are massive even
> compared to my 55/1.8. I can't wait to go out and try some "available
> dark" shooting.
Sounds like fun. If I was using HTML, my text would be green with
envy. :) Of course, my A 50/1.4 and I get along just fine, so I can't
really justify the 1.2 at the moment.
chris
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