I've been shooting the past two years almost exclusively with the M-50/2, if that's what you're getting you won't be disappointed.
As for the camera, maybe it's not the "greatest" but its all anyone ever needs to make a photo. And it will teach you more about photography than any auto mode will. ~nick On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Walter Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > As of approximately 6:00 PM central time this evening, I'll be the proud > owner of a Pentax K1000 and what I suspect will be the 50mm f/2 (though, > hoping for a pleasant surprise on the lens). Having spoken to the owner, > it's been very lightly used, is fully functioning, and in need of a battery. > I'd been afraid I was going to miss out on it, but as luck would have it, a > little bit of computer tech work suddenly presented itself which allowed me > to go ahead bite on it. > > I know it's not the greatest camera and/or lens on the planet, but I'm > pretty excited about finally being able to lay hands on a 50mm prime without > having to order the thing over the 'net. I have a feeling I'm going to get > a LOT of use out of this lens on my K-x (and my recent discovery of the > advantages of raw shooting -- [still sobbing over the shots lost to the jpg > engine]), and may even venture into a bit of B&W film photography before all > is said and done. > > Anyway ... here's asking for crossed fingers toward the hope for a f/1.2 -- > but, at $40 US, I'll take it whatever it is. > > -- Walt > > > > -- > 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. > -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.net/ -- 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.
