So here's the lady, antithesis to the 'convince-the-missus' institution! Welcome the list, Karen. Commendable how the million or so messages a day didn't get you into panicpanicsh*thowdoiunsubscribe mode. I haven't yet had the chance to browse your site, but I will pretty soon. Til then..
Cheers, Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Clanin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 1:50 AM Subject: thanks for the welcome + 4sale > thanks for the warm welcome!!!!! and answering my questions. understand > about ebay now <grin>. > > well, lasse, you see it's this way. way back when i bought i think my > first SF camera i kept picking it up to find film used, settings changed > etc. finally told my husband "get yer own" so he did. we just kind of > kept leap frogging up the newer release ladder over the years. he bought > the first digital camera (fuji 2900), i bought the next (fuji 5900) and he > got the next (fuji 4900). he still has the 2900 and uses it at work, but > as i get older that super nice little 5900 was just to physically small and > i really missed that 35mm feel so i got the first *istD and as we go a few > months later he got his. we then found that my theory of naturally going > to the pentax DSLR (not that i would want to tote our daughters huge canon > around) is because we already had so much pentax equipment. didn't take > long to figure that the lenses that did a SUPER nice job with film wasn't > going to give us the quality we wanted with the *istD so we've both > purchased newer lenses in the past few months: the sigma 70-200 f2.8 EX > APO and tamron 28-75 2.8. jim also uses several of his older manual pentax > and takumar lenses, i did buy a super takumar 135 2.5 but as i have > difficulty visually focusing it (miss that split focusing screen on the MX) > i don't use it much now. hopefully my last lens purchase (who's that ROTFL > out there!!!) was made last week when i purchased through ebay the pentax > 100mm f2.8 macro as i do enjoy macro photography. > > regarding the subject of film vs digital -- i have no problem with people > that prefer film, did that for many years ourselves, we will be keeping one > of our film cameras as i do need slides of my paintings to enter art shows > occasionally. but i sure do enjoy knowing on the spot if i have the shot i > wanted and might not have a chance to get again for a long time if ever > again. plus i find myself being more willing to try some things i might > not try with film due to the cost of experimentation (laughing, yeah, cuz i > do know it's gonna take a while to balance the cost of the new equipment vs > the rolls of film!) > > thanks for the info re "sale day", i'll try to get a definite list together > for next friday as there is a lot we won't be keeping any longer, at least > a PZ1 and maybe my PZ1P if jim's old honeywell will do the slides, a couple > of nice zoom lenses (70-200 and 28-300 sigmas), a couple of other fixed > lenses, data back F, at least one flash, filters etc. please email > privately if you can't wait till i get the list officially together. > > oh, and if anyone is interested in a compete darkroom setup jim is letting > his go, just ask privately about it. > > someone asked where we are in california? atascadero which is on 101 half > way between LA and SF, think they were in sacramento which is about 5 hours > driving time for us. if ya'll meet somewhere half way let us know or if > anyone is more our direction give a yell. i still have a lot of animals so > hard for us to get away together for more than a day. > > karen > > > > > > > > > > > >Welcome to the list, Karen! > >You've got two *istD:s? > >Please give me one of them... > >Lasse > > > > > > > >Quick question. I'm going on vacation next weekend and hope to do some > > >nature photography (waterfalls, etc...) Should I be shooting with a > > >polarizer? If yes, what brand do you recommend? > > > > > >Equipment: *IstD, Tokina 28-70 2.6-2.8, Sigma 20mm 1.8 (if it gets here > > >before I leave), Pentax FA 135 2.8 > >
