On Jul 10, 2005, at 11:47 PM, Tom Reese wrote:
Mr. Mann, you are hereby charged with heresy agaist the SMC Church
of Gorgeous Glass, treason against this great nation of Pentaxia
and other high crimes and misdemeanors the nature of which will be
decided later.
Don't worry, I'll just use the secret Brotherhood handshake. What
was that charge again?
You shall provide to this Court a full listing of all the Pentax
lenses you do not currently own whereupon you will receive detailed
explanations of why your current kit is woefully inadequate.
I'll provide a list of what I currently do own - it's shorter and
will be easier for you to judge than filling in the missing holes.
Name a lens I don't own and I'll try to explain why I don't own it.
It's likely to be one of the following reasons (lesser people might
say "excuses"):
1) It doesn't really exist (eg M 35/1.4)
2) I can't afford it even if I could find one (eg A*135/1.8)
3) I can't carry it (eg A*1200/8)
4) I have a mortgage and a woman and would like to keep it that way
(eg FA*600/4)
5) It's a collectors item and should never be used (eg K 50/1.2 Gold)
6) I already have a good lens in that focal length range (should
cover just about everything else)
Zooms:
I own none. Not even third-party stuff. Does that make me a Primate?
Ultra-wides:
A 15/3.5
FA* 24/2
Wides:
K 35/3.5 (perfect LX lens)
Normal:
FA 43mm f/1.9 Limited (silver - perfect K2 lens)
K 50/1.2
Short tele:
A* 85/1.4
FA 100/2.8 Macro
Tele:
K 135/2.5
FA* 200/2.8
M 200/4
Extreme tele:
F* 300/4.5
FA*400/5.6
6x7:
45mm f/4
90mm f/2.8
165mm f/2.8
300mm f/4 Takumar
Cheers.
- Dave
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
