Nice one. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 7:19 PM Subject: PESO -- This is my Son. > Another shot from the Branford Festival. It seems if you tape over the > prism housing on a Pentax SLR you get mistaken for a professional. I > was walking around with the *ist-Ds with the "Classic Leica" lens kit, > (lenses with an AOV roughly equivelent to 35mm 58mm and 135mm on a 35mm > film camera), when I was approached by this father and son who had just > finished the Branford Festival 10K run. They wanted their photos taken, > but didn't ask for a print or emailed file or anything it seems. I don't > know what they expect me to do with the shot, since I wasn't officially > covering the event but I'm posting it here. > > http://www.mindspring.com/~distilfink/PESO%20--%20thisismyson.html > > Note: I'm continually amazed at the M 85mm. It's a great medium > telephoto on the *ist-Ds. A little long portraits but sharp enough, > wide open, and very sharp stopped down to about f5.6. > > Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax M 85mm f2.0 > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > > -- > Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... > -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
