On 9/11/2019 19:23:03, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
My point is that 3rd-party, less expensive lenses provide a pathway for many
photographers with limited budget, both at the entry to the "system", and at
later stages of using the "system".
In many cases I bought 3rd-party lenses because the "equivalent" Pentax lens
wasn't available at ANY price, not for love nor money. Mostly Pentax doesn't
make them any more and the the few Pentax photographers who have them won't give
them up until they die. And sometimes the 3rd-party lens makers offered lenses
that were not in Pentax's lineup.
I was late to auto-focus, finally purchasing a second-hand PZ-1p in 2003.
Along with it I bought that Tokina 28-70 f/2.8 that proved to be my workhorse
with the PZ-1p (& *ist-D, K10D, K20D & K-3 before I finally wore it out). I did
get into Pentax DIGITAL SLR's as soon as one became available, getting a *ist-D
as a backup for the PZ-1p in February 2004 just before I went overseas.
When I finally had to replace it, I looked for a "SMC Pentax-FA* 28-70mm F2.8
AL", but there were just none available, so I ended up with the Sigma 24-70
f/2.8 that to be honest I don't like as much as I did the Tokina.
... and then there's *The BEAST*.
By the time you're financially well established enough to afford it, you're too
old and decrepit to use it effectively. That thing is frickin' HUGE. I already
had to go buy a new tripod head strong enough to handle it.**
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKtdN-jM9X0
If Larry thinks he's gonna' con me into leaving it to him in my will, he's going
to have to move to North Carolina and perform Sherpa duties to earn it.***
Fortunately I have access to a GREAT local independent camera dealer who is a
Pentax dealer with plenty of Pentax goodies in stock. He helped me set up the
gimb al head& get it properly balanced.
https://www.southeasterncamera.com/
And, of course, life goes on for me as it always does.
My back yard is always over-run with critters - American Robins, Mocking Birds,
Doves, Cowbirds along with rabbits & squirrels (and the occasional Opossum or
Racoon). So yesterday I take The Beast out to test it and what do I get?
NOTHING! Not even crickets ...
** My old Bogen 3021 legs ARE adequate, but the Manfrotto 700RC2 Pan & Tilt head
I had on it just WAS NOT!
*** Which shouldn't be TOO impossible. We've got lots of jobs for programmers,
there's a vibrant music scene (including swing dance) and lots of wildlife &
nature.
And just so he wouldn't get too lonesome for earthquakes & flash fires, we've
got hurricanes (... and the Hurricanes).
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