I still have my SP500 as well.:-) Also two K1000's,SP, 6x7 and a YM, film gear, i would like to sell, but, i'm a pack rat and probably never will. Maybe i'll sell the istD, now that i have the G3 converted to IR.
I was at Henrys on Friday and they had three used K1000's in the display case, all around $289 Canadian Dave On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tend to hang onto cameras. In all honestly, I should dump most of my > film cameras. The problem is that I'd keep the nicest one (the Mz-s) > and then get so little for the others it wouldn't be worth selling. I > gave my MX and ZX-7 to the Art dept. for photo classes and I kept the > MZ-S, the Sp500, and the 645. Keeping the SP500 (vs the MX) is > definitely a sentimental choice but it still works fine and it was my > first camera. I'm always amazed how intrigued students are by a > screwmount lens. > >>>> Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8/10/2008 4:04 PM >>> > Bob, > > I have zero brand loyalty and very little sentimentality about > cameras. I inherited my father's camera too, a fine 1953 Leica IIIf > kit. He loved it. I found it a pain in the ass to use, and sold it > after a year or two worth of trying to use it honoring his memory. His > > memory remains just as beloved and full of respect without the camera > > in my hands. It's all just equipment to do the job I want, which is to > > make photographs. I don't know why the insinuation regards marketing > and advertising. > > I shot with Nikon SLRs and Leica RFs for thirty+ years. Had the same > Nikon kit from 1981 to 2001, plus or minus a lens or body, and had > mostly the same Leica kit for 13 years too. Why? because it did the > job I wanted. I tried other 35mm equipment in that same time period to > > see what it might offer (Olympus and Contax) but always went back to > the Nikon/Leica gear. I also shot subminiature and a lot of medium > format ... not because of someone's advertising but because I like the > > formats. > > Digital capture was essentially new in 2002 for me. The cameras were > an unknown and I needed to experiment to find out what suited me > purposes, felt good in my use, and produced the goods. > > BTW: The Pentax kit is for sale. I've only made 120 exposures with the > > Pentax gear in the last 8 months. I'm happier and getting better > results working with the other gear I have acquired ... that's all > that matters to me. The equipment is transitory, I don't fall in love > > with objects. > > What you do is up to your own discretion. I don't disparage it, but I > > also don't participate in your emotional attachments to equipment. > > Godfrey > > > > On Aug 10, 2008, at 12:18 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > >> Godfrey, >> >> I still have all my Pentax equipment - ME, Super Program, PZ-1, >> *istDS, & K10D, plus the K20D I'm shooting now. Space is no problem >> and their monitary value at end of life was easily eclipsed by their >> sentimental value and how it feels to shoot with them. I've got my >> dad's Retina IIIc too, the 1st 35mm I borrowed. Who could sell > these >> old friends. >> >> Maybe if I bought camera after camera after camera looking for that >> special something they market in their advertising, I would have > owned >> more and cycled thru things like you. I think the photographer has >> more to do with the image than the camera or lens. >> >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote: >>> I use any camera I have. For ones I'm relying upon for my work, I >>> have >>> two identical bodies. >>> >>> When I stop using a camera, I sell it. Same for lenses. Absolutely > no >>> point for me to keep equipment taking up space in the closet that > I'm >>> not using. >>> > > -- > 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. > > !SIG:489f4e8737576241710186! > > > -- > 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. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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.
