A very long time ago when the earth was new I decided it was time to graduate from the 2 1/14" folding camera I had been using to a 35mm. I was looking to buy a Minolta SRT of some kind but the camera store I visited carried Pentax and had a great deal on an New "old stock" 150mm f4.0 Super Takumar lens. The Spotmatic had better handling so I left with a Spotmatic II w/SMC 50mm F2.0 and the 150mm for what seemed like a real bargain price. When the MX was announced a few years later I bought it and sold the Spotty. (I kept the 150, and I still have it, it's a great lens). I could kick myself over the Spotty thought.
At 11:32 AM 9/8/2002 -0300, you wrote: >Hi Pentaxians, > >I am about to ask all of you a big question: Why ARE we using Pentax gear >instead of other brands? My answer is simple: I started with a K1000 and >when I was able to upgrade I wanted to keep my lenses so I bought the MZ-3. >I also worked in a camera store that has now closed (sob) where all our new >cameras were Pentax or Canon, so I became saturated with all things Pentax. > >Margo
