Hi My name is Paul. I used to shoot a spotmatic and 50/1.4 Tak at school, then years later i was heading off on a trip and bought a new Pentax SLR to take on the holiday, then joined this list a while later.
Now i should mostly Pentax 645 and Leica M. Not really much pentax 35mm anymore. Regards, Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 2:03 PM Subject: Re: Who has switched to Pentax and why? > Hi, > My name is Mike, and I switched to Pentax because JCO sent me an old user he > used to carry around his truck so I could try the old screwmount lenses. I > did a flurry of great work with that camera and really enjoyed it. > > I think I'm about to buy a Konica Hexar RF, as I saw one in Chicago over the > Thanksgiving break and was smitten with it. I used to shoot Leicas (M6 and > M4), CLE, and the original Hexar, and the Hexar RF seems to combine a lot of > the best features of each. Also, my first camera was a Konica T3, purchased > as a gift from my father when I was 16, so I have a soft spot (in my heart, > not in my head <g>) for Konica. > > Still love the old screwmount stuff, though. Pride of place is now held by > a nearly collectible chrome ESII that I will not be parting with. > > --Mike >
