Re: Who has switched to Pentax and why?

[Shaun Canning]

Hi my name is Shaun, and I am an Pentax-addict.

I blame my parents. They bought me my first fix when I was only a kid. A K1000 that served me well for many years. After that it was a down-hill struggle with dependence until I reached the pit of despair that I am in now.

After the K1000, there was an MV, then an Me, a couple of Me-Super's. I managed to kick the habit for a while, but it eventually won. I then moved onto the designer gear, which if anything is more addictive. I bought a z-10 in 1991 to travel with. Then came a Z-1 in 1992.....

Then another small hiatus while my career got in the way. But that's all behind us now...in the last 12 months I have become a full-blown addict again. First came an LX, then a Z-1p, 7 or 8 lenses, 2 flashes, bits, pieces,.....

I am afraid I am lost to the dark side forever Young Skywalker.....

Cheers

Shaun

Paul Jones wrote:

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

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