On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 03:56:23PM +0800, James Moniz wrote: > Ironic that in the midst of all the discussion of the *ist and its upcoming digital > sibling, I chime in with this... > > Largely for fun, I just picked up a Honeywell Pentax H1a with a 55mm f2 Takumar from > ebay. This will be my first screw mount. While I'm waiting for it to arrive, I > wanted to know if any of you have used this ancient, beautiful-looking hunk of metal > and glass, and what you like/don't like about it. (I already know it doesn't have a > built-in light meter, but I have a hand-held one, so that's not an issue.) I look > forward to hearing from H1a owners! >
I haven't picked up a pentax (yet) but after playing with my Soviet-era forged leica I'm keeping my eye open for a real II or III and leitz 35/3.5. There's something much more enjoyable about cutting out all the automation and playing with these dinosaurs... -- The fetters imposed on liberty at home have ever been forged out of the weapons provided for defense agains real, pretended, or imaginary dangers from abroad. - James Madison myehle at wanadoo dot fr
