On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 07:36:55PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Good times. I enjoyed that weekend. I think you had just bought your FA > 250-600. > I believe I got that lens some time in 1999, so I had it for the 2000 weekend.
(See http://www.panix.com/~johnf/temp/CityStreets.jpg for supporting evidence) That must have been taken with the PZ-1p - the MZ-S didn't come out until 2001. I can't recall exactly when I got the 250-600, but I know I had it in 1999, as I was in the turn 1 photo stand at Fontana that year for the early laps of the race. I was shooting down the front straight to the start-finish line at the time Greg Moore had his fatal accident, so fortunately for me I didn't actually have his car in my viewfinder at the time. It was still pretty traumatic, coming just three weeks after Gonzalo Rodriguez was killed in a crash during practice at Laguna Seca. I know I didn't have the 250-600 during the 1998 season - I was shooting in the Corkscrew until the lap before "The Pass" (using the 80-200), but I left to get down to the pit lane in good time for the podium ceremonies. Bad timing ... -- %(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.
