This lens always remind me how it was difficult to machine some metal parts with micrometric precision during school hands-on sessions. It gives some respect and taste for manufactured objects. Handling a lens with perfectly adjusted but smooth focusing ring is really a joy in itself. It has a strong comforting effect taking some photographs.
--- On Fri, 3/2/12, Walt Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Walt Gilbert <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Yet another but late newcomer. > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, March 2, 2012, 10:20 PM > Welcome to the list, Alban! > > I'm looking forward to seeing submissions from you and hope > you'll be > able to participate in the discussion more in the > future. I've gained > an incredible amount of knowledge and inspiration from PDML > and I > consider joining the list to be the smartest thing I've done > since I got > my K-x. > > I hope you love your 50mm/1.7 as much as I love mine. I find > it a > complete joy to shoot with. > > -- Walt > > On 3/2/2012 2:57 PM, alban bernard wrote: > > Hi PDMLers, > > > > I didn't dare to introduce myself earlier before I > uploaded my three humble shots to contribute to the PDML > photo annual 2011. > > > > I'm Alban Bernard, I'm French and a pentaxian since my > father offered me his MX and a couple of lenses on one of my > early christmas (Pentax 50mm f/1.7 and a Sigma 28mm f/2.8 > Macro as a bonus). Shooting films were a bit expensive for > me at that time and so I didn't use them as I would have > liked to. My father died in 2005, then I decided to give > photography a more "serious" try. Later, I purchased my > k200d, thanks to the pentax K mount, I was happy to reuse my > father lenses in a digitally upgraded set. > > > > I went to the PDML in 2009 to learn a lot. Good catch! > I got the inspiration and the good mood from this list even > if the traffic rate prevented me from reading all the good > post. In a certain way, reading it helped me not to be too > gear-addicted. > > > > ~Alban. > > > > > > > > > -- > 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.
