HI! PJ> From the exchange of e-mails below from Roland & Alan, PJ> why are we using Pentax?????? Doesn't sound like a PJ> good system to buy into, and even long-time PDMLer's PJ> are making arguements against it.
PJ> For me it is cost at the moment. I just expanding on PJ> my manual Pentax stuff slowly. I'd rather put my $$$ PJ> in film, trips, and marketing my work than a new PJ> system that may not improve my photography hugely PJ> (though this will change I'm sure). PJ> Any thoughts? It wasn't cost for me. I had my budget and one way or another I was going to spend it. It was partially backwards compatibility and partially (laugh and/or point you fingers at me all you want) it was the comparison of PDF booklets for MZ-5n/MZ-6/Nikon F-80. My wife and I really liked Pentax ergonomics versus that of Nikon. Also my friend who convinced me to buy 50 mm lens (thanks, thanks, thanks to him) has Nikon N-70 - very unusual camera to operate. In my position the choice hasd little meaning - anything I'd buy would take pictures way better than I was taking ever before. In fact, I find all this talk about Pentax vs Canon because Bojidar decided to make Canon his main tool rather strange. Everyone has their needs and buys equipment accordingly. Later I "met" penta-club forums (Russian spoken) and PDML. Naturally being able to talk with fellow Pentax users is great. Though I am certain there're Canon and Nikon forums of one design or another. Anyway, it boils down to this: my choice was pretty much random but really don't regret it. Furthermore, if I had to do it all over again with the experience I have at the moment, I'd buy couple of ME Supers, one 50 mm, one 28 mm, and one 135 mm prime lenses of any reasonable flavor. Then I'd add some regular zoom just for some flexibility in weight. The rest would have been spent on film and practice. Now you have my cents. --- Boris Liberman www.geocities.com/dunno57 www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=38625
