Crapola, that third shot of the crowd is AWESOME!  How old is he again? I'm
swearing too (but I swear anyways! Lol).

Tan.x.

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From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
Cotty
Sent: Tuesday, 11 May 2010 7:35 AM
To: pentax list
Subject: Defection and Bargain

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........

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Cheers,
  Cotty


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