On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Larry: Welcome to the list! I'm from the Land of Corrupt Govs, who love > to watch westerns, but I'm also from the Land of New Presidents as well. > Frankly, I'll drink anything, and, like you, we're into book porn at our > house as well.
You'll do just fine at GFM Christine. Just keep an eye on Doug, well actually, keep both of em on him.:-) Dave Catch a quickie of a corner of our living room, but all > corners in all rooms look pretty much like this. That's my husband looking > for a quickie ;-). > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8549841 > Cheers, Christine > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Colen" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:56 AM > Subject: New guy, Introduction > > >> Howdy folks, >> >> I joined the list this afternoon, after meeting John Francis at a >> photo-meetup lunch I instigated. Some of you may know me as "ellarsee" >> on the dpreview pentax forum. Ellarsee is just a funny way of spelling >> LRC, my initials (and part of my destiny to be an Electrical Engineer, >> but I digress, often). >> >> My involvement with photography seems to be a very common profile. In >> 1973, when I was 12, Dad got a Spotmatic II and taught me some of the >> basics. I'd frequently play with the camera, setting up shots, >> exposure etc. but rarely actually taking any shots. Someplace, there's >> a print of my first photograph, but I haven't seen it in a while. The >> following summer, I took photography in summer school and learned the >> basics of darkroom work. My first camera was an Argus C3, which I >> still have. That September I got a used Minolta SRT-101. Sometime >> around then, Dad and I set up a darkroom which I spent a lot of time >> in over the next several years, until my folks got divorced and Mom >> rented out the downstairs apartment. >> >> I had intermittent darkroom access in college, but after I lost access >> to a darkroom, photography became something I did, but not >> seriously. Lest this post rival a Norse saga in length, I'll skip >> forward to November 2007 when I bought my K100D super. I almost got a >> Nikon D40 but when I found out about the Pentax, came to the >> conclusion that even if Pentax didn't have any offerings at the top >> end, what they did offer gave a lot more for the money than Nikon. I'm >> afraid that I've never shot a Canon SLR that "felt good in my >> hands". The plan was that the K100 and kitlens should be enough to >> last me a couple years until the performance that I wanted was >> "affordable". My favorite lens on 35 had been the Vivitar 28-105 and >> the kit lens was not too far from the equivalent range. >> >> One of my key reasons for getting a DSLR rather than replacing my >> stolen FZ50 was low light performance. The following weekend, I >> determined that the kit lens just simply was not fast enough. Cutting >> to the chase, the next week I spent more than I had on my camera and >> kit lens on an FA 31 limited. >> >> The past year has been a pretty typical one of spending stupid amounts >> of money on toys. A few very nice lenses, and quite a few inexpensive >> used ones. My latest gear acquisition is a katzeye focusing screen >> which to someone who grew up with manual focus, is like growning an >> arm back. When I'm not exhibiting fiscal irresponsibility, I'm working >> on the theory that the best way to learn from your mistakes is to make >> sure that you make a lot of them. So, I've been shooting a lot of >> photos, basically whenever I can find a few minutes to play with my >> camera, and 40,000 frames later probably have almost a dozen that I >> don't need to ashamed of. >> >> I've been posting pictures on my flickr account: >> http://flickr.com/ellarsee >> >> Since I do a lot of blues dancing ( http://fridaynightblues.com ) and >> nobody else has much luck shooting dancers in the ridiculously low >> light environment, I've been working on that, experimenting with both >> IR flash with my K100 and an FZ20 I had converted to IR. >> >> I tend to keep my 18-250 on the camera as my "Ready for anything >> lens", but when I can I prefer to shoot with a prime. I'm currently >> toying with getting a DA40 to see how close to a "carry in a coat >> pocket" sized camera I can get. I've also toyed with the idea of the >> 43 or the 21, but while the 40 is just over my threshold of financial >> pain, the other two are quite a bit over. >> >> I was wondering if anyone in the San Jose/Santa Cruz/Bay Area had any >> of those lenses and would be interested in getting together so I could >> try them out before spending money on one. >> >> Another Pentax related question is that I have a friend who lives in >> Sacramento who is very interested in the K2000, but who would much >> rather try one out before buying it. Does anyone know of any stores >> in her area where she could check one out? >> >> Larry >> >> >> -- >> It's not the steps in the dance, it's the dance in the steps. >> Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc >> >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
