Another email that got lost when the gremlins unsubscribed me, was about my new (old) lens.
I went to one of the two local camera shops looking for lenses. I know that the other does wonderful processing, but has no second-hand gear. Well, turned out this one had no second-hand gear either, but the guy suggested Cash Converters (Criminal Central). I was rather dubious as I had been to CC in other towns, and nothing remotely Pentax. But I thought it couldn't hurt to try. So I went there and asked the sales assistant if there were any Pentax lenses in the cabinet, they had them positioned in such a way that it was impossible to tell. So she started pulling all these lenses out of the cabinet. "Here, this one's Pentax", she said. OK, since when does Hanimex=Pentax? The thread wasn't even the right diameter. After pulling out a few more which she insisted were Pentax, but surprisingly weren't, I was astonished to discover that the next few she handed me were actually Pentaxes. There were three of them, all M lenses, M55:f2 or f4 I think, M50:f4 and the one I finally chose M50:f1.7. It is in pretty darn good condition too, complete with Zenith Tempest 1A skylight. It cost me NZ$69 (~US$50). I am quite happy with it. I keep nostalgically fantasising about the M50:f1.4 on my Spotmatic, but then again, how much difference really between f1.4 and f1.7? I love these M lenses though. They just seem to have that nice feel to them, lovely to hold, lovely to focus. Jody. Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
