Haha... Walter, us analog shooters have you now!! The Epson V500 is still on sale at Adorama for $124! Just got mine in the mail this morning, great film scanner for the money.
Now we need to get you thinking about all the different kinds and brands of film! On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Walter Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > @ Ann -- I'll say this much: Were it not for the lens, I'd skipped past > the ad. But, now that I've held it, I sure do like the way it feels in the > hand. :-) > > @ PDML at large -- I pleaded with you people not to talk about film > shooting. But, you did it anyway. Now, look what you've done. > > -- Walt > > On 11/27/2010 7:23 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >> >> Walter Gilbert 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 >>> >>> >>> >> hell of a bargain, I say... and if you really only got it for the lens, >> I'd bet you could turn the body around to a student for what you paid for >> it all >> >> ann >> >> >> > > > -- > 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.
