> I can't stand the way the 16-50mm DA* ejaculates I think the word you're after is 'tumesces'.
B > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Christine Aguila > Sent: 21 January 2012 07:20 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: New Pentax EVIL rumor, with specs > > Funny thing about ugly cameras. Had to go downtown today. I totally > spaced and got off at Chicago Ave, 1 stop sooner than I should have-- > should have gotten off at Merchandise Mart. So, it was a bit of a > hike, along Franklin Ave, especially in the snow we've had all day, and > I had to walk straight into the wind. While trekking through the snow, > I got to thinking about lenses. I shot with the DA 16-45mm on the k-5 > the other day, and I got the feeling it wasn't focusing right on the k- > 5. Then I got to thinking that I really need a weather resistant wide > angle zoom, which the DA 16-45mm isn't. But I'm a bit out of luck > there because I can't stand the way the 16-50mm DA* ejaculates ; it's > so vulgar, though I do recognize it takes nice pictures. It's so > different than the DA* 50-135mm, which maintains its lovely shape as > you zoom in and out. Then I thought about all my lovely Pentax primes, > DA 21mm, and the DA 40mm, so elegant, so lady-like. Love'em to bits, > but they are not weather resistant, which is a bummer, because the last > thing a woman wants to do is get all dressed up and head out into the > snow. Cheers, Christine > > > > > On Jan 20, 2012, at 9:37 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Christine Aguila > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well, I think that's a butt ugly camera. Cheers, Christine :-) > > > > Naw. > > Now THIS is a butt ugly camera: > > http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/omega120/omega120.htm > > > > Obligatory Pentax content: One man's opinion - > > http://theclick.us/2012/01/butt-ugly-cameras/ > > > > Darren Addy > > Kearney, Nebraska > > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
