Thanks Paul, >The 135/1.8 is a pricey lense and i have never seen one in a shop, What would you - or anyone else - recommend for a (less expensive) portrait lens? Cheers, Simon
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 19 April 2002 10:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Melbourne lens shopping + Beethoven's Ninth. All the melbourne people already stalk out all the shops to get the good stuff :) Probaly Michaels is your best bet, they have some good later model pentax lenses in there window. The 135/1.8 is a pricey lense and i have never seen one in a shop, infact i've only seen one ever. regards, paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 10:32 AM Subject: Melbourne lens shopping + Beethoven's Ninth. > Hi all, > I'll be in Melbourne next week and was wondering if anyone could recommend a > good place to hunt for a 2nd hand Pentax lens. > I'm after a SMC A 135/1.8 or similar. Is there anywhere special that PDMLers > go? Is CR Kennedy worth a try? > Cheers, > Simon > --------------------------------- > As usual, I follow a question with a joke... > > The symphony orchestra was performing Beethoven's Ninth. > In the piece, there's a long passage, about 20 minutes, during which the > bass violinists have nothing to do. > Rather than sit around that whole time looking stupid, some bassists decided > to sneak offstage and go to the tavern next door for a quick one. After > slamming several beers in quick succession, one of them looked at his watch > and said, "Hey! We need to get back!" > "No need to panic," said a fellow bassist. "I thought we might need some > extra time, so I tied the last few pages of the conductor's score together > with string. It will take him a few minutes to get it untangled." > A few moments later they staggered back to the concert hall and took their > places in the orchestra. About this time, a member of the audience noticed > the conductor seemed a bit edgy and said as much to her companion. > "Well, of course," said her companion. "Don't you see? It's the bottom of > the Ninth, the score is tied, and the bassists are loaded." > - > 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 . - 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 .
