Perhaps you really need that R-D1. =8^0 Good shot. I agree, the M85/2 is quite a good lens, better than I've seen it given credit for.
G On Jun 15, 2008, at 5:52 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Yea, actually I did, what can I say I'm pretentious... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Nicely done. >> You give them a business card and tell them to get in touch. >> You didn't really tape over the prism housing, did you? That won't >> cause anytone to mistake you for a pro. >> Paul >> -------------- Original message ---------------------- >> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> 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 >>> -- 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.
