Envy you, Cotty! Benefits include your saving on black tape Stef won't be needing to hide "PENTAX."
Jack --- On Mon, 5/10/10, Cotty <cotty...@mac.com> wrote: > From: Cotty <cotty...@mac.com> > Subject: Defection and Bargain > To: "pentax list" <PDML@pdml.net> > Date: Monday, May 10, 2010, 2:35 PM > Well, some you win, some you lose. > > My son Stef (who some met at GFM last year) is getting more > and more > into photography, and will be studying it at 'A' Level in > the autumn > [effectively high school here] over 2 years. He's been > using the *ist Ds > for lots of projects but before he starts his course he has > decided that > he wants to go the Canon route - can't think why!! > > When he did work experience last summer with a local paper > they had > Nikon and Canon gear, and well, he's decided. So we've been > looking out > for an original 1D on eekbay and they seem to be going for > about 3 or > 400 GBP here but we've hooked a bargain and nabbed one for > 240, so he's > a happy bunny. It's the old old 4 MP version, the original > but crucially > for him it will do 8fps, which is what he needs for sports > photography. > > Meanwhile, I filmed at an important local football match > last week and > he tagged along with the *ist Ds, and although he wasn;t > allowed pitch- > side until the end (had to stick with me, it was 'busy') he > picked off > some impressive shots - 10 of which can be seen here: > > <http://www.cottysnaps.com/stef/oxfordvrushden.html> > > My wife thinks she is a reasonable photographer, and when > she looked at > the pics she swore like I haven't heard in quite a few > years! > > Sadly I don't have any Canon lenses so the hunt will be on > for a wide > and tele-zooms now. Until then, looks like I'll have to > replace the > Pentax mounts with Canon ones on the K15 and > A*85/1.4........ > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | > People, Places, Pastiche > ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
