The MX is a great camera, probably y favorite Pentax of all times. Also, the 50mm 1.7 lens you have is not only an excellent lens, but it is definitely suited for street photography. It's actually my preferred focal length for that, but don't take my word for it: HCB is said to have used 50mm lenses almost exclusively
Enjoy your camera! j On 6/29/06, Pedro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm glad to have stumbled across such an active mailing list... I've > always had a big interest in photography - though I never went further > than taking snapshots with point and shoot cameras. So, when I recently > was offered an old Pentax MX for next to nothing, I bought the thing on > an impulse. Now, I never owned an SRL before, let alone an all manual > camera, and I'm really enjoying learning to use it. I do, however, have > a few questions and concerns with which I hope you can help me. > > With digital photography taking over the market, is the MX a complete > dead end? If anything goes wrong, will it still possible to get service > and replacement parts in Europe? If I buy extra lenses, will they have > any market value in the near future? I'm not complaining for the time > being, since I bought the thing really cheap from a friend, but I'm a > bit reluctant to put any more money on it if will be of no use in an > year or two. > > Anyway, I am mostly interested in trying street photography and macro. > Currently I have a basic 50mm lens (f1.7), which is not especially > suited for neither... > > As for macro, I must say I'm somewhat confused. I want to take close up > pictures of bugs and flowers and that sort of stuff, and I know I need a > macro lens to be able to focus real close, but what kind of focal > distance do I need? I really have a difficult time picturing the field > of view at such close distances. > > Regardless of the macro issue, I'll need a wide angle for street photos. > 28mm, 35mm, wide angle zoom... I'm leaning towards a 28 prime, but feel > free to convince me otherwise. Budget is limited, so I'll buy second > hand. Can you recommend me any particular model featuring a good > price/quality relation, and not too hard to find? > > Thank you for your time, > pedro > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Juan Buhler Check out my book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html Water Molotov: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com Slippery Slope: http://color.jbuhler.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
