Good choice on the Grand Prix. I hope you kept it.
Paul
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From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Yeah, but now I know more (or am more aware of what's out there).
>
> My 1st car, as a 17 year old was a 1966 Pontiac Grand Prix w/a 389 and
> 4-barrel carb. My first SLR was sort of like my first car. I didn't do a
> heck of a lot of research on either.
>
> I bought a PZ-1p because I wanted predictive AF and matrix-metering and I
> was at that critical point where I chose between Pentax or Nikon. I went
> with Pentax mainly because 1) I had 4 manual focus lenses and 2) I couldn't
> afford the Nikon flash that was needed for the 8008S.
>
> I bought the *istD because I wanted to get into digital and because of the
> existing lenses I had, not because I thought it was a better camera than the
> other brands or that it offered more than than the competitors.
>
> I'm not sorry I did, I'm just going to start looking forward instead of
> backwards.
>
> Tom C.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [email protected]
> >To: <[email protected]>
> >Subject: Re: DFA lenses
> >Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:46:18 -0600
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom C"
> >Subject: Re: DFA lenses
> >
> >
> >>IMO, sure to be disputed, I believe Pentax abandoned us long ago, by not
> >>staying competitive in the eyes of the marketplace,
> >
> >That would be about 30 years ago Tom.
> >It didn't stop you from buying their cameras though.
> >
> >William Robb
> >
>
>
