It's going to seem like a long work day, and I'll be humming the old Rod Stewart ditty "Tonight's the Night" but not for the same reason as he was: A couple of month's ago I found a beautiful Spotmatic with a S-M-C 50mm f1.4 in original soft case at the thrift store for a song. When I took the camera out of the case, etched professionally on the bottom was the name and Soc. Sec. No. of a well-known Nebraska author. I contacted him by email to let him know that his camera was in Good Hands, and to ask if he happened to have any other lenses or accessories gathering dust.
He expressed happiness that the camera was in good hands and waxed nostalgic about where it had been with him (His work at the Smithsonian, and on travels in Europe). He told me he had a number of lenses for them, but feared that he had long ago gotten rid of them - but said he would look (since he rarely throws anything away) and if he found them that I could have them. Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago and he emails me telling me that my patience has been rewarded. He has 5 lenses AND another Pentax body! I have no idea (at this point) what the lenses or body are and the suspense is killing me. But I'll find out tonight! As a result of my email we have enjoyed a nice email correspondence and it looks like I'm going to be copying some very old (copyright expired) woodcut prints from a 100+ year old folio for his next book project about the artist, who spend a little time in Nebraska in 1870. I'll let you know what's in the box tonight or tomorrow. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- Nothing is sure, except Death and Pentaxes. -- 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.
