MPozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quick note to say that finally, most of us Italian > PDLMers met up at the Rome photo show yesterday. It > was really good to meet the others. I believe Dario > Bonazza will post something up on his site about the > show. >
Hi guys and gals, I wish to add some notes from my point of view. I'm sure the others aren't going to tell anybody, but I was late (as usual, but they didn't know yet...), although I could find an excuse in the fact that yesterday morning the winter came back in Italy bringing chill, rain and even snow particularly between Naples and Rome... :^) It was really nice to meet the other members in such a cosy environment. We PDMLers (and a couple of other friends of mine) have been nicely together till we reached the used equipment pavilion, where we decided to part from each other to be able to have a closer and calmer look at the stuff for sale. I was on a really tight budget, so I tried to avoid to be involved in any purchase. Nontheless, when Michele and Flavio got away, the other friends I was with elected me their technical consultant (not to mention trading adviser...) for the rest of the day, so I had to inspect various Minolta zoom lenses, and innumerable Canon Eos 5s... This coming and going up from a seller to another (for - gasp - almost seven hours) brought me to face many Pentax items I was searching for a long time. I resisted till I found a nice M 28/2 (at 180 Euro it was not exactly a bargain - it is like new, though, with case, so I have no regrets - and, I thought, I can eventually sell the Sigma 28/1.8 I had in disdain lately for its lack of flare resistance). I had a check left in my checkbook and I was sure it wasn't going anywhere. But... Just around the metaphorical corner a 45/4 for 67 was waiting for me... I was almost ready to buy one new, because during these days I was shooting for a furniture factory, often in little rooms, and I was feeling every day the need for a lens wider than my 55... Now my last check has flown away - with a frightful number written on it - but today I had the chance to use the lens for a paid assignment already, so I'm rather happy. :-) Ciao, Gianfranco ===== Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/ - 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 .
