As some of you know I could not attend this year's Nature Photography
Weekend at GFMtn since I am responsible for the finish line photography for
a triathlon I help put on.

My backup photographer - who is a lurker and a Pentax user - was out of
town, my secondary had photography commitments elsewhere, and my last resort
proved unreliable :-(

Anyway to the gist of this post...  The backup photographer was headed to a
conference in NJ.  She took a week of vacation to visit NYC for the first
time.  I lent her my Pentax-A 24/2.8 and Pentax-F 28/2.8 since the widest
lens she has is a 35mm.  She has an MZ-5 and a P3 something or other.

A couple of days before the triathlon I started to get my gear ready.  I use
an MZ-S and ZX-5 with the date information enabled to take the photos at the
finish line.  It was then I realized I had only the Pentax-FA* 24/2 and
Pentax-M 28/2.8 available.  Not ideal as I like to have either a 24 or 28 on
each camera to minimize changing lenses.  I thought about using a Pentax-A
Zoom 28-135/4.  Then I remembered my M42 Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR 28/3.5.

So I shot the M 28/2.8 on the MZ-S and the Takumar 28/3.5 on the ZX-5 with a
K-mount adapter.  I was fully manual (including focusing) using an incident
light meter to assess exposure.

No reason for this post, just sitting here contemplating - as I put some
gear away - how I just enjoy the compatibility of Pentax cameras and lenses.

Crossing my fingers on the *ist-D,

César
Panama City, Florida

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