Welcome aboard. Sounds like you already know a bit about us.
I too have Spotties and an MX. I recently bought my Holy Grail, an LX (that makes ~2~) k-mount cameras now! But, I still love my MX - despite some rumblings to the contrary on this list over the past couple of days, I think it's a wonderful tool.
Minnesota, eh? Northern Minnesota, at that. Must get damned cold up there! We in Toronto have been having a "real" winter this year, too. Actual snow. That's stayed. And is still on the ground. And several weeks of real cold (like highs of -20C). The snow's still here, but the temp has moderated over the last week or two.
Hey, don't be silly about not being comfortable posting pics (should you ever get access to a scanner, that is). This is a great place to have your photos critiqued, which in turn is a great way to improve. And, if you think your stuff isn't up to snuff, do what I do. Call it "Art" (you must capitalize the A), and pretend like you ~meant~ to shoot it all fuzzy and out of focus. I've managed to suck in lots of folks that way! <g>
Again, welcome aboard.
cheers, frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: bransky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Intro from lurker and thanks for the help Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 00:41:17 -0600
Hello all:
I've been lurking on the list for a while now and the archives and the ongoing discussions have really proven helpful. Also, I've bought stuff from some PDMLers (Tonghang Zhou and Joe Wilensky and Paul Eriksson), all of which was good and exactly as described. Beats eBay puffery and jive any time!
I enjoy using my Spotmatics and MXs -- I bought them last year and the Spotmatics in particular are so much cheaper now than when I was a boy! Then, they were completely out of reach, I think even an H1a with a standard lens was close to $200 new during the 60s, which is probably equivalent to US$1000 now. All of my M42 lenses are the "low cost" ones under $100 -- e.g. SMCT 28/3.5, 35/3.5, 50/1.4, 55/1.8, 105/2.8, 135/2.5, 85-210/4.5 and ST150/4 -- and some cost me less than $10, yet the quality is just wonderful. The K mount lenses seem to be more expensive -- but again all but one (K24/2.8) have been under $100, and even the K24/2.8 wasn't too much over $100. The discussions from list members about the cheap but good lenses has been really helpful, so thanks!
I live in northern Minnesota and we are having our first good winter in years, there's lots of snow and it looks great. I mainly take what I guess would be called record shots of family, friends, events, vacations, and the like, perhaps better than the average snapshooter, but nothing in the league of some of the pictures that some PDML members post. If I ever figure out how to put film pictures on the internet maybe some day I'll do that, but I imagine a scanner is needed and I don't have one and I don't intend to get one for now.
Again, thanks to all,
Aaron Bransky
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