Hear hear!
Shooting with Pentax is fun. I don't take photographs for a living and so for me the
enjoyment factor is important.
Despite my earlier email, I don't need IS. I have the A70-210/4 but I hardly use it
because I'm in a very "wide-angle mood" of late.
Frank.
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 08:55:07PM -0500, John Mustarde wrote:
> But for me, I could never switch to Canon. That's
> because I could replace everything in my kit (currently
> a couple of dozen lenses which allow me to shoot from
> 18mm to 2400mm) with four or five Canon lenses and a
> couple of TC's. And at least three of those Canon
> lenses would have Image Stabilization.
>
> Let's see, Henry, I'll take a 20 or 24mm, a 28-135 IS,
> a 100 Macro, a 100-400 IS, a 600/4 IS, a bit of
> extension, and a couple of those nice AF
> teleconverters. No, no need for a 50mm - I have six of
> them in K-mount that I can always stick on an ME Super
> if I ever again shoot at 50mm.
>
> But without all my Pentax-fit lenses, what would I do?
> Half the fun is looking for bargain old or new lenses
> and fiddling around with all that gear, manual focus
> and autofocus and TC combinations and duplicate lenses
> in focal lengths I rarely use, etc, etc... always
> trying to find just the right combo to get the perfect
> fit for all my photo needs.
>
> Oh, and I haven't yet delved into the mysteries of the
> Limited lenses (or old screw-mount ones), which I'm
> sure would be a cure-all for all those unused 50mm and
> 100mm K-mount lenses I already have.
>
> Five lenses and one body instead of twenty-five lenses
> and five bodies? How boring. No Ebay bargains to
> peruse? Gads, an appalling concept. No search for the
> mythical inexpensive A* 135/1.8 to grace my unused lens
> shelf? Shudder and groan.
>
> I mean, did I make a mistake selling my K-series 50/1.2
> just because I also have an A-series 50/1.2? Should I
> have kept my A 35/2, even though I hadn't shot with it
> in two years? Is my old powerzoom 28-105 as good as
> Brand X? Will my 1978 model Tamron 70-250/3.8 Macro
> ever give me the photos I know it is capable of? How
> long should I keep the secret that my twenty-dollar CPC
> 24/2.8 Macro shoots better than any 24mm I've ever seen
> from Pentax?
>
> Nope, no switch to Canon for me. Then I'd have to focus
> on just taking photos, and leave all this equipment
> discussion behind. That's really scary.
> --
> Happy Trails,
> Texdance
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> http://members1.clubphoto.com/john8202
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