advantage of the fading light and make a few photos of a small skiff that is
usually tied up there. I wasn't the only photographer there a fairly nice fellow
was using a Nikon n65 (65n I can never remember, oh well), with a Nikon consumer
zoom in the 75-300(?) to do the same. We spoke about the quality of the light
which was well lovely actually. He then almost apologized for having such a cheep
jack camera and lens, and told me how much he missed his Pentax P30t, and that he
wasn't really happy with the Nikon, but he had chosen it based on it being light
weight and on the recommendation of the salesperson.
At 10:12 AM 3/2/2003 -0500, you wrote:
From what I've seen, people may be buying SLRs, but they aren't using them on a regular basis. I seldom see another SLR at public events. I don't see them out on the street. When I shoot a school event, I'll see maybe three or four other SLRs. One will be autofocus; the rest are vintage models like the Canon AE-1. Ditto for my town's annual parade day: The numbers may grow, but the percentages remain strongly in favor of classic models.
A month ago, I was taking my lunchtime walk and was delighted to see a high-school-age young man walking with a Cosina-made Nikon FM10 and its bundled 35-70 (I think) zoom lens. It turns out he was doing his homework assignment for a photography course.
The only other SLR that I've spotted in seven months of walking was a PZ-1P and 70-300 zoom.
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