Good times. I enjoyed that weekend. I think you had just bought your FA 250-600.
Paul > On Sep 1, 2021, at 6:23 PM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 01:58:57AM -0400, John wrote: >> 35mm film cameras based on relevance today: >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piHi1dvsGX0&t=1s > > Well, in 1982 I still had the MX I'd bought back in '76, and an ME > (although the ME would be replaced the next year by a Super Program). > A friend of mine had an A1. In fact we'd both had those cameras in > 1978 when we ended up on a work assignment in New Zealand for a year, > and we'd each become quite familiar with the other person's cameras. > > The Nikon F2 was a camera I had looked at, but decided that by then > I was sufficiently invested in the Pentax system to make swapping > a rather expensive option. And, in any case, if I felt the need for > something beyond the MX there was always the LX to consider. > I never found a compelling reason to get an LX, and by that time I > was definitely a fan of the small size of the M-body cameras. > That trusty MX, together with the Super Program for auto-exposure, > were what I had in my camera bag up until 1995, when I got a PZ-1p > to replace the Super Program. In fact I've still got that original > MX (and a used black one I bought as a spare in 2000 when I stopped > off at Samy's Camera in Los Angeles to pick up some film on my way > to shoot the Indycar Long Beach Grand Prix, and spotted the camera > in their 'as-is' used camera display with a questionable metering > system, but a tested and accurate shutter). [That Long Beach trip > is also where I met Paul Stenquist] I've since picked up the motor > drive for the MX, which was capable of shooting 5fps - not bad for > a film camera! > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
