Are you letting me in?!? Wohooo!
Finally! Thank you Tom, that's very generous. Jostein On 12/29/06, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh yeah? Well don't believe anything Jostein says either. :-) > > > Tom C. > > > > >From: "Jostein Øksne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: Introduction > >Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:58:04 +0100 > > > >Welcome to the list! > >Hhere are some things that are usually said to newcomers: <g> > > > >1. Don't believe anything Cotty, Frank Theriault, Mark Roberts, Tom C > >and William Robb says. > > > >that's about it, I think. > > > >Cheers, > >Jostein > > > ><g, d & r> > > > >On 12/29/06, W. Guy Finley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello all! Found this list after intensely studying Stan's Pentax > > > page trying to figure out what in the world I was doing with lenses > > > for my new baby. > > > > > > I learned on my dad's K1000 (more later) and after a hiatus until > > > early adulthood I got back into photography but went Canon with an > > > EOS-3 and a Tokina 28-80/2.8 as my mainstay lens and a couple of > > > primes. I went broke feeding film into that camera so when digital > > > started hitting it big I grabbed a Canon G3 and ditched my EOS > > > system. I then had a Sigma SD-9 and then a Sony DMC-V1 that I went > > > to the extent of getting a Metz 50 MZ-5 system for. > > > > > > The Sony has long since been wanting to be retired so I started > > > looking at another bridge camera. That's when I saw reviews for the > > > new Pentax K digitals. I had thought about an ist-D a bit back but > > > never made the leap. I went and found the trusty K1000 and sure > > > enough the M 50/2 and Takumar 135/2.8 were still with it. Not the > > > best lenses in the world but hey, a start. When I saw these would > > > work with the new digitals I made the leap and went for K110D > > > deciding I really didn't need shake reduction. > > > > > > After much confusion and screwing up of my order I ended up getting > > > the kit lens which isn't too bad but after doing my first Christmas > > > photos in Lightroom and PS CS3 beta I saw just how many shots I was > > > taking at 50 or 55mm. I was going to get an ultra-wide zoom but > > > decided to get some manual primes instead given these results but I > > > can't find an FA50 in stock anywhere with a UPC intact (with the > > > Pentax rebates going on I wonder where those UPCs went?? hmmmm). > > > > > > After much debate, back and forth, etc, I picked up an A 50/1.4 from > > > KEH and saw by complete accident an M 28/3.5 at Adorama and grabbed > > > both along with the new Metz SCA adapter so hopefully I should be > > > doing some decent flash work soon. I did Christmas completely in RAW > > > with the kit lens, the M 50 and the Takumar and I was really pleased > > > with how the shots came out aside from the obligatory tweaking I had > > > to do in Lightroom and PS. After working with JPEGs for a long time > > > since the SD-9 (which has a proprietary RAW) working in a RAW > > > workflow is a godsend. It was actually a joy to work in Lightroom > > > and then send images that needed more care over to PS if they needed > > > it and then have Lightroom recognize the PS update and add that to > > > the shoot. Adobe has been doing some great work there. > > > > > > So, I look forward to tips and suggestions, any thoughts on lens > > > areas I may wish to fill in would be welcome. I'm considering > > > holding out a few months until the new f2.8 zooms come out, the > > > 17-50/2.8 likely being the prime target. > > > > > > My meager start is up at http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgfinley > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Guy > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > >-- > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >[email protected] > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
