Its actualy about $50us, which is not a bad price.
Cya
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From: "petit miam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Discuss Pentax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 12:07 PM
Subject: "My trip" or "Cameras big and small"
> Just wanted to tell you about my "big" trip. I decided
> to take the scenic route over two days instead of
> flying in a couple of hours. Yes, there is camera
> stuff in there too, and even Pentax camera stuff.
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> Day 1, Saturday 14th July 2001.
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> Got on the bus in my home-town of Gisborne, NZ. Took 4
> hour bus trip to Napier. Pretty uneventful and I hate
> travelling by bus. Then I hopped on the train. This
> track is in danger of closing due to recent politics,
> and privatisation of rail services. They stopped
> services between Gisborne and Napier. But it is a
> really nice journey. The train went to Wellington
> taking 5� hours.
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> Then I stayed overnight in Wellington. Amused myself
> by taking night photos out of the hotel window (9th
> floor) with ye old MZ-30. Should be interesting. I
> used a variety of shutter speeds.
>
> Then I had my usual attack of the clumsies and cut my
> toe on the step out of the shower. There was a lot of
> blood around. But I didn't think to take a photo.
> Besides I didn't want any of you males to faint at the
> sight.
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> Day 2, Sunday 15th July 2001.
> In the morning I took some daylight photos out of the
> window. There were a couple of interesting old houses
> just outside.
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> Then hopped on the Interislander Ferry. This takes
> passengers between the North Island (where I live) and
> the South Island (where Dave Mann gets all his
> bargains). This takes 3 hours, or you can pay a bit
> more and get the fast ferry. Now the ferry is one of
> the best places in the country to see any camera ever
> made (and hear any language/accent ever made). I saw
> one girl with a Pentax, looked like a Spotmatic, but
> she was covering the front and I was too shy to ask
> for a look. Then I saw this lady with a Canon. And she
> had a bigger lens than me-Wahhh! (?75-225). But I
> suppose I shouldn't be too upset, of course my lens
> was optically better. She should just wait until I get
> my Tamron 60-300 going.
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> It was about now that I wished I had a longer lens.
> This was not motivated by jealousy. It was just that
> at this point (� hour out of Wellington) I discovered
> there was a picture-postcard view of Mount Cook and
> the Southern Alps in the distance. Mount Cook is the
> highest peak in NZ. You can't usually see it from the
> ferry, as it is in the South Island, and usually
> covered by cloud I guess. The cloud was up higher
> today.
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> Then I took another bus for two hours to arrive in
> Nelson. I had a look around town today. There are
> quite a few promising camera shops. I saw an SMC A28
> in one. I forget the minimum aperture. It was NZ$120.
> Maybe US$280-300. Is this a good price? Is it a good
> lens? I don't have a 28 yet. Do I need one?
>
> Jody.
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