Hi,
I was taking photos in Ethiopia once with 3 LXs. A German woman came up
to me and asked if I was working for National Geographic, then asked if
I had any spare batteries. She said they'd be bound to fit her camera
because it was the same brand as mine, but she'd run out. She had an
MZ- something. I must have been doing something right if I looked that
good :o)
Anyway, the only things that matter are good photographer/bad photographer.
And as far as cameras are concerned: fitness for purpose. Everything else
is just bollocks.
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Bob
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Friday, July 27, 2001, 8:25:50 PM, you wrote:
> Even though it was a strictly "non-pro" situation, I did have
> an interesting response to my "honkin' Big Black" SuperProgram,
> winder, SMCK 45-125 f4 w/ hood from my 85mm f1.9 Spertak & wierd
> old SunPak 4-AA flash unit last nite. Since today is Friday ....
> I was down at the Cafe Mundo (an outdoor garden bistro here) and,
> well after dark, after spending a pleasant hour or so w/ some
> fair maidens eating chocolate ganache & gulping espresso around
> the fire, they "warmed up" to a few impromptu "girls' nite out"
> photos. I still had some 800 Fuji in the camera, so it was an
> f22 @ ~12ft no-brainer ;^) Anyway, I was at my 12ft spot and
> after viewing horizontal I decided to switch to vertical. The funny
> part is that after I got back to the table, they were all three
> giggling about how when I rotated the rig to vertical - as one,
> they all leaned their heads over to follow the camera! Totally
> unconsciously and separately each one of them thought that that's
> what they *should* do! I could see little more than silhouettes to
> frame by, but f22 w/ 45mm makes precision focus a bit anal, anyway.
> Film's at the processor as I type - should be some interesting ones.
> Har! ... just another example of the "Professional Camera" aura
> of the classic Pentax SuperProgram 35mm Camera System!
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