my MZs will soon be sitting on a shelf next my K1000 so that I can show
any children
I may have in the future how hard it was to take photo's, "imagine I had
to actually point the
camera at the subject and press a lot of buttons" in my days. :)
Don Sanderson wrote:
Actually you have the perfect compliment of items for the D, DS, DS-2.
The Pentax 360 flash works like a charm with them, and other than
maybe a bit wider lens than 28 and something between the 50 and the
100, you're all set.
Probably a lot better lenses than what I've heard the cheaper "kit"
Canons are too.
Maybe keep one of the MZ-S as backup and sell the other to help
finance a D?
Still getting pretty good prices for nice MZ-S's on eekBay.
Don
-----Original Message-----
From: Feroze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 6:28 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: its digital only....
Nikon support in SA, never heard of it, they probally never heard of
after sales support themselves.
Wouldn't say its for my bread and butter though, 90% of my income comes
from graphic design,
so I cannot invest a great deal into equipment. I only have 2 MZS's a
28, 50, 100 and a 28-105
left, a 360 flash, bellows, a 1.7 adapter and some filters. I figure I
can get by with a decent body
and zoom and a metz flash. Not quite sure I want to get rid of the
Pentax gear though. I've seen
many with dual systems and it dosn't seem so hard, except maybe on the
pocket...
It just seems that with canon I wouldn't really be stuck for choices...
Feroze
Don Sanderson wrote:
Feroze,
I'm a lover of both film and Pentax, as you can tell from my posts here.
However, if I had to make the decision you now do it would be
quite simple.
For commercial use, such as you require, Canon digital would be
my choice.
The reasons being stability, innovation, and most importantly, support
for the future.
All of the pros I've spoken to carry Canon, some ventured into Nikon at
some point and found support after the sale lacking.
Perhaps in other parts of the country/world the situation is different
but in the Midwest US Canon is the ruler.
As for Pentax, wonderful, but not for a pro who puts food on the table
with their gear.
IMHO of course.
Don (Feeling like a traitor, but honest.)
-----Original Message-----
From: Feroze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 5:49 PM
To: pdml
Subject: its digital only....
I have just been informed that by Pentax South Africa as of this month
will no longer import any film SLR's.
They want us to start pushing digital only. They will also no longer
bring anymore fuji film in (fuji & pentax are imported
by the same people) Kodak SA has no film for sale and Konica will no
longer import or supply us with unpackaged
film (retail packs are available, at a cost). They also might
be phasing
out the import and supply of the chemicals needed
to develop film. Agfa will still supply chems cause it's the same stuff
we use to develop litho positives, but at a price...
So at the start of the wedding season (with about 200 weddings to go
before march 2006) we have enough film for about
2 months. I have weddings booked for until December 16.
I actually wanna sit down with my partners to see if its even worth it
keeping a pentax camera or should we change over to nikon/canon.
Whats the use of owning a ferrari if you can't fill petrol in it.
Interesting desisions. I wonder if the nikon list is quieter :)
I have no idea which way to go...for those who did some pointers would
really be appreciated.
Thanks
Feroze
