Very nice. That 24-35mm lens is a little gem. I still have one for my MX. Bob
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Anthony Farr > Sent: 01 December 2008 06:26 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PESO x2 - From My Archives > > I sent the following almost a day ago and it hasn't shown up in my > inbox yet. I'll send it again and hope for a better result. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------- > > Loggers and preservationists faced off in the mountains near Eden, New > South Wales, in 1989. Police presence kept tempers in check. It was > a running campaign of protests and counter protests, with the loggers > blockading roads to keep preservationists away from logging sites, and > the "greenies" attempting to infiltrate the blockaded areas overnight. > After some days everyone got bored and went home. > > I was there for a client with some Pentaxes and a ship-load of > Kodachrome. IIRC I used a Pentax SMC-M 24~35 1:3.5 for these shots. > It was damn cold, and snow was on the mountain peaks. At the summit > of one mountain, where the police had their radio communication centre > set up in a caravan, I had to put my cameras inside my coat between > shots to keep the batteries alive. > > These shots make me a little nostalgic for film. The time I spent > retouching fungus off the images cured that nostalgia. > > "Showdown in Eden", > http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/3068259850/in/photostream/ > > "Keeping an Eye on Things", > http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/3068260666/in/photostream > > Comments welcome. > > Regards, Anthony > > -- > 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.
