Why thank you for your warm welcome, Ann. I do enjoy a good pun now and again, and even take photographs every so often, so hopefully this list will be of interest to me.
As for Mark putting something useful on the web...that might be a stretch, unless you consider inciting thousands of Pentaxians into a frenzied Ebay war for Vivitar lenses useful :-) Here you go: http://www.robertstech.com/vivitar.htm Read at your own peril! Cheers, --M. On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:12 AM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > Miserere - > what a delightful intro! Welcome! Hope you like puns as well as Petaxes... > > Now -- where is that Vivitar page? I didn't know Mark had put something so > useful on the web :-) ;-) > > ann sanfedele > (seriously would like that link) > > Miserere wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> Now that my messages are getting through, I thought I should take a >> moment to introduce myself. [stands up as chair makes scraping sound >> against floor] >> >> Hi, my name is Miserere, and I shoot Pentax. >> >> I also enjoy long walks on the beach and strive for World peace, but >> I'm sure that's not important right now. >> >> I'm not a photography expert, but I play one on the internet, most >> notably on my blog, Enticing the Light: >> >> http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/ >> >> on which I count with the help of my e-friend Peter Zack. He's >> Canadian, but I don't hold that against him. >> >> I spent a few months writing a Friday article (and other short posts) >> on Yvon Bourque's PentaxDSLRs blog. If you're REALLY bored, you can >> find those articles here: >> >> http://pentaxdslrs.blogspot.com/search/label/Miserere >> >> In my spare time, I have a geeky day job in the Boston suburbs. At >> least for the next 6 months, after that I'll be accepting donations. >> >> I recognise some of the names posting here from other fora, and I've >> annoyed Godfrey in the past with an e-mail or two, but he would do >> well not to vouch for me. >> >> As a last note I would like to publicly curse Mark Roberts for >> creating *that* VIvitar page, which means I know who (and when) made >> any Vivitar lens simply by looking at the serial number. I wish I >> could remember my social security or my frequent flyer number with >> such ease, but I can't! Damn you, Mr Roberts! Seriously, do I *really* >> have to know which of 5 different models a particular 70-210mm VIvitar >> lens is just by looking at it? For that lens I don't even have to look >> at the serial #, I know it all with one look at a crappy Ebay photo. >> Can't I have a useful super power, like being able to turn anything I >> touch into PB & Jam mix? >> >> OK, OK, I'll calm down. I feel better now. >> >> So where was I? Oh yes, I look forward to many useless discussions >> with you guys in the coming weeks (because let's face it, Pentax is >> going down soon--I read it on the internet) and hopefully I'll be able >> to finally learn how to take a good photograph. I spent a lot of my >> wife's hard-earned dollars on my Pentax equipment and she wants to >> know what I have to show for it. >> >> See you around, >> >> >> --M. >> >> >> PS: The reason I finally decided to join this list was because of the >> 2008 PDML Photography book. I have one on order, but flicking through >> the preview PDF made me realise that this is a community worth >> belonging to. Great job, guys! >> >> -- -- 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.
