Re: FS: MX, LX

2010-05-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: John Francis Try that at the track sometime. Doug and I both photograph race cars, and the officials take a dim view of anyone who doesn't stay behind the designated barriers. Not to mention that putting yourself in front of thousands of pounds of projectiles that are moving of speeds up

Re: FS: MX, LX

2010-05-06 Thread Steven Desjardins
I never buy zooms. I find running back and forth a good source of exercise. On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:57 AM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 10:42:55PM -0400, Miserere wrote: On 5 May 2010 19:15, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: yep. When I was planning to

Re: FS: MX, LX

2010-05-06 Thread Derby Chang
Steven Desjardins wrote: I never buy zooms. I find running back and forth a good source of exercise. Mark! -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: FS: MX, LX

2010-05-06 Thread John Francis
Try that at the track sometime. Doug and I both photograph race cars, and the officials take a dim view of anyone who doesn't stay behind the designated barriers. Not to mention that putting yourself in front of thousands of pounds of projectiles that are moving of speeds up to two hundred miles

Re: FS: MX, LX

2010-05-06 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-06 8:38, Steven Desjardins wrote: I never buy zooms. I find running back and forth a good source of exercise. I use both, with a preference for primes unless circumstances dictate otherwise. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: FS: MX, LX

2010-05-06 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-06 12:58, John Francis wrote: [...] putting yourself in front of thousands of pounds of projectiles that are moving of speeds up to two hundred miles an hour isn't overly smart. Plus you're tunnel visioned and tunnel attentioned whenever you're looking down the viewfinder, so you

FS: MX, LX

2010-05-05 Thread wendy beard
I know it's not Friday but I'm seldom home at weekends and I wanted to offer these to the list members before putting them on eBay. I have one absolutely wonderful condition Chrome MX for sale. It's in full working order. The shutter speed wheel is aligned correctly, the battery works and the

Re: FS: MX, LX

2010-05-05 Thread Miserere
On 5 May 2010 13:38, wendy beard pointyp...@gmail.com wrote: I was thinking of selling my DA* 50-135/f2.8 but it seems to be listed on Adorama at almost half what I paid for it (tho' it's out of stock at the moment) so it looks like I'll hang on to that for another month or so WHAT!?!?!?

Re: FS: MX, LX

2010-05-05 Thread P. J. Alling
On 5/5/2010 1:56 PM, Miserere wrote: On 5 May 2010 13:38, wendy beardpointyp...@gmail.com wrote: I was thinking of selling my DA* 50-135/f2.8 but it seems to be listed on Adorama at almost half what I paid for it (tho' it's out of stock at the moment) so it looks like I'll hang on to that

Re: FS: MX, LX

2010-05-05 Thread Charles Robinson
On May 5, 2010, at 12:38, wendy beard wrote: I was thinking of selling my DA* 50-135/f2.8 but it seems to be listed on Adorama at almost half what I paid for it (tho' it's out of stock at the moment) so it looks like I'll hang on to that for another month or so $799.95 is HALF what you

Re: FS: MX, LX

2010-05-05 Thread John Francis
On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 01:38:03PM -0400, wendy beard wrote: I was thinking of selling my DA* 50-135/f2.8 but it seems to be listed on Adorama at almost half what I paid for it (tho' it's out of stock at the moment) so it looks like I'll hang on to that for another month or so I seem to

Re: FS: MX, LX

2010-05-05 Thread John Francis
On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 01:56:14PM -0400, Miserere wrote: On 5 May 2010 13:38, wendy beard pointyp...@gmail.com wrote: I was thinking of selling my DA* 50-135/f2.8 but it seems to be listed on Adorama at almost half what I paid for it (tho' it's out of stock at the moment) so it looks

Re: FS: MX, LX

2010-05-05 Thread Doug Brewer
John Francis wrote: On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 01:38:03PM -0400, wendy beard wrote: I was thinking of selling my DA* 50-135/f2.8 but it seems to be listed on Adorama at almost half what I paid for it (tho' it's out of stock at the moment) so it looks like I'll hang on to that for another month or

Re: FS: MX, LX

2010-05-05 Thread Miserere
On 5 May 2010 19:15, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: yep. When I was planning to buy one, it was $800. But then I lost my job and my lens buying line item had to be cut from the budget. Hey, at least you *had* a lens buying line item. I've got a job and no line item!!! :-o --M. --

Re: FS: MX, LX

2010-05-05 Thread wendy beard
I remembered the after tax price. Before tax, I paid $1200. In fact, Henry's are still listing it at that price.. I'm still jobless, which is why I'm selling stuff. Wendy On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: John Francis wrote: On Wed, May 05, 2010 at

Re: FS: MX, LX

2010-05-05 Thread John Francis
On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 10:42:55PM -0400, Miserere wrote: On 5 May 2010 19:15, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: yep. When I was planning to buy one, it was $800. But then I lost my job and my lens buying line item had to be cut from the budget. Hey, at least you *had* a lens buying