Hi again, Lasse, glad you're back! (And I'm happy to tell you that the AF converter I bought from you did a good job in Malaysia...). I'd love to see and read your story - when is it going to be published, and in which newspaper?
/Erik (also in Stockholm) > -----Original Message----- > From: Lasse Karlsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: den 5 mars 2002 01:58 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Assignment on a budget. Longish. > > > Well, the other week I got a three days overseas assignment. > (Alright - > "overseas" - there actually was a two hour boat ride, and the water is > actually called "a sea" :) ). > Anyway, one of the local newspapers in my home town, that I do some > freelance work for, decided to cover a four day jazz festival in a big > way and for this purpose they showed some good sense and called in an > expert for the job - me. > (Well, since I both write and shoot I guess there might be some budget > considerations behind it too...) > One full spread (two pages), three written articles plus as many > pictures that will fit in, and a big front page picture, > unless a plane > goes down. > That's the kind of job that I like. I get to see the events, > meet a lot > of people, musicians and friends, and get paid for it to boot. > However, when the editor called I realised there was this little > problem, which I didn't care to mention to him. As it > happened, my main > set up - the Mz5, the 500FTZ flash and a couple of zooms were in the > shop (that is - the pawn shop). Maybe I would able to get it out, or I > could find me some temporary replacement for it. > Well naturally, according to one of Murphy's amendments, neither hopes > were realised. I didn't manage to get my gear out of the shop > and had no > other option than my beat up manual back up camera, the > Chinon CE4. Now, > this is a good camera if in shape, but mine does certainly > not look it. > The only way to fit a strap to it, is by using the bottom > part of a ever > ready case, since one side of the camera, including the strap lug, > literally has been torn off, leaving the inner metal cover > visible. Part > of the front, the logo plate above the mount, has fallen off too, > exposing some colorful wires. Furthermore, somehow it has the > odd habit > of triggering the flash to go off without the shutter button being > pressed, and finally the battery was more than two years old, > making me > wonder if it would last for yet another session. > The flash that was available was a third party no name one > that you can > find in some bin for a couple of dollars. Smallish auto-sensor or > manual. > The only K-lens I had was the Chinon 50/1.7, which came with > the camera > when it more or less fell into my lap for next to nothing. (I > also have > a screwmount 35/2.8 and 135/2.8, but both of them have got > the focussing > and aperture mechanisms so stiff that it will cause the > lenses to unwind > from the screw-to-K-adapter rather than doing what I want them to do, > rendering both of them useless.) > Always in shooting concerts and the like I use wides a lot, and teles > too. I also use spot metering, enjoy fast autofocusing, including > spot-focusing and enjoy having the fast film advance by the winder of > the Mz5. I really like shooting with that camera and use a lot of it's > features. Needless to say, I also like using the 500FTZ flash. Really > good, reliable and I will usually take a number of second > curtain synch > shots as well. > So there I was, getting ready to leave, looking down on my > back up gear. > Camera in one hand, the flash in the other. > I realised, kind of smiled and shook my head at the fact, > that for this > three day photo assignment, with some expectations from the newspaper > that I had to fulfill (I simply had to deliver), I was going to use > equipment - one very beat up camera, one 50mm lens and a small no name > flash - that originally, second hand, had cost me no more > than 20 $US at > the most. All batteries included... > > Lasse > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
