>Thanks for the reply to my thread, John. My interest in this zoom range is
>as a gift to my girlfriend whom I introduce to the wonderful world of Pentax
>photography when I got her a ZX-30 w/ a Sigma 28-105 for her birthday last
>year. I bought this brand new as an outfit from Samy's Camera in L.A.
>in one of their periodic "door buster" sale promotion for $199.00 plus tax.
>But since then she's been eyeing some of my Pentax optics (especially the
>much beloved FA 400/5.6) to use with her camera. Needless to say I'm less
>than enthused about this recent turn of event. So far I've managed to ward
>off this unwanted advances by authoritively pronouncing that the plastic
>mount on her camera, unlike the metal mount on my PZ-1p, would not be able
>to support the weight of the monster super telephoto. This has worked so
>far but for how long, I have no idea. Her interest in photography has grown
>each day to the point that she even started to take some classes at the
>local college. I may have unwittingly created a monster here. I think I'll
>just give her an old Pentax A 70-210 zoom I haven't used for a long time.
>Hopefully this would get her off my back and off the rest my optics for
>awhile.
>
>Paulo Ernest
I smell rough seas ahead, Paulo. <g>
Good luck,
Dan Scott
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