With respect, Cotty! Pleasing to know you'll be checking the list. Best!
Jack --- On Mon, 9/1/08, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: All Good Things > To: "pentax list" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, September 1, 2008, 2:31 PM > Hello list. > > Well, would you believe it, it's almost ten years to > the day when I > joined this list. I had an LX and wanted to re-cell a NiCad > pack for the > motor drive. Someone pointed me to Rob Studdert's page > and the rest, as > they say, is history. > > Since that time there's been plenty of water under the > bridge. I sold > the Pentax film gear, bought into Canon with a D60, adapted > some K mount > lenses to fit and been called a few names... > > Everything changes, and all good things must come to an > end....with > other good things starting up. > > >From next week I'm putting all my Canon gear up for > sale. I've decided > to buy into Sony. > > Actually Sony HD ;) Not stills gear - video. I'm > taking precious few > stills these days and to be honest, not enjoying it as much > as I used > to. I feel a change of priorities coming on... > > And so I will be concentrating more on video production, > acquiring some > new gear and need to pay for it. > > I'll have a list of kit up next week and of course will > offer to the > PDML first, but fear not - the K15/3.5 and the A*85/1.4 in > EF mount will > not be amongst them. I'm going to hang onto those and > in a year or two > hope to pick up a used 1Ds mark II full-frame camera. > Everything else > with Canon on it will be up for sale. > > I'll keep my rangefinder and three lenses for snaps. I > just won't be > photographing with a DSLR for a while. I'll keep the > website going. If > it ain't broke, right... > > With a bit of luck and a fair wind I can claw back about > two and a half > grand (GBP) and then I'll be half-way there to funding > an HD video > camera. Must be something else not nailed down around here > I can sell.... > > Meanwhile, I'll be reducing my input into the territory > somewhere below > PESO-posting but above lurking. I thought about giving it a > rest here, > but to be honest, the gene pool here is well above average > and the > photography one sees displayed is first rate, so I > wouldn't like to lose > that. Plus I'm still up for any gatherings - UK or > elsewhere. Plan on > going to GFM as well (my son insists he come along next > year). The > subscription stands. Besides, I need to be there when my > hat really does > end up on a plate, not that that will be anytime soon! > > And so in a time-honoured tradition, from the heart of my > bottom, it > only remains for me to say: > > There's a penguin on the telly. > > (Yes officer, I'll go quietly....) > > > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > 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.
