On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:05 -0600, "William Robb" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 27/06/2011 11:54 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > > Interestingly, that camera originally came to me with a Tokina 35-105 > > zoom which redefines the terms 'heavy' and 'bulky'. It weighs in at > > about 850 grams and, with it mounted, the camera/lens combination > > certainly doesn't qualify for the 'small' tag. > > I had one of those. It was the first zoom lens I ever bought, and the > first zoom lens to turn me off to the entire concept of zoom lenses, and > started a loathing for the things that I carry to this day.
I actually have two of them now. A previous donation from my brother-in-law was a Spotmatic II fitted with the M42 version. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free -- 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.
