Wasn't it St. Ansel's camera of choice when he wasn't shooting big negatives?
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Nick David Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
