Nice story Frank. My first Pentax was a little P&S that my folk's gave me for my birthday. My next was a Z-20 (PZ-20) with 28-105 4.5-5.6 PZ lens that my dad got me for my birthday while we were holidaying in Canada. The first Pentax that I bought <g> was the *ist D. Not long after that I got and LX.
Dave On 7/12/05, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/8/05, Sid Barras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The "favorite" pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to > > thinking about my first pentax. > > > > Mine was a P 30t, <snip> > > > > I've told this story before, but I will again, as it's been a while, > and there've been many new members of late. > > When I was a kid, I wanted a Spotmatic. Couldn't afford one, so I got > a Praktica in about 1970 or 72, because they were m42, and I figured I > could use any lenses on a Spotmatic if I ever got one. > > I got my Praktica stuff stolen, and never really got back into it in a > big way, except that I did buy another m42 Praktica body and Zeiss > Jena 2.8 50mm lens, and that was it. Then they got stolen. > > Then, about 7 years ago, my late father saw an SP500 at a yard sale > for $20Cdn. Knowing how much I wanted a Spottie, and appreciating > cameras himself, he picked it up. It came with the Tak 2.0 55mm and a > pre-set f3.5 200mm. The meter appeared not to work, even though there > was a battery in it. > > Well, Dad's eyes were starting to fail a bit, so he couldn't really > use it, so gave it to me. I took a look at the battery, and it turned > out that the plastic collar was on backwards, and once put in > properly, the meter worked fine. Which it still does to this day. > > So, it was only 7 or 8 years ago, but that was my first Pentax: an SP500. > > cheers, > frank > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > >
