It`s about time you came back! Glad to have you back, Paul. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 10:22 AM Subject: I'm back!
> It's Paul Stregevsky of Maryland, after a several-month hiatus. During those months, I used fixed-lens rangefinders as my primary cameras; my Pentax SLRs found use only to shoot school plays. > > In the spring I sought your advice about what combination of body and lens would make a good take-everywhere combination. One of you planted the idea of a rangefinder, and while I dismissed it at the time, it led me to try one RF after another (or two or three at a time). > > But I'm returning to my SLRS, for several reasons: > > 1. I've found that I can't focus a coincident-image rangefinder as quickly as I can focus an SLR screen, whether I use the SLR's ground glass or (as is more typical) split-image rangefinder. > > 2. I prefer using fast films, such as ISO 800, and with a top speed of 1/500 second, my rangefinders didn't give me as much "headroom" as my SLRs (1/2,000). > > 3. There are times I'd rather shoot at focal lengths wider or longer than 40 or 45mm. > > 4. The SLRs let me compensate exposure more conveniently and quickly. > > 5. The SLRs show more information in the viewfinder. > > 6. I may be selling off some of my lenses, and I'd rather sell the list members than go the EBay route, even if you don't have deep pockets. > > 7. There are times I need (or prefer to use) flash, and my SLRs' TTL bounce flash makes it easy. > > 8. I missed you guys! I recently became a lurker, but there are times I want to put in my two cents' worth, so I bit the bullet and rejoined the list. > > PS: My newest belt pouch (a U.S. Postal Service pouch) is very deep; I can hold an SLR body with a 105/2.8K or 135/2.5K, facing down. Nonetheless, the camera that I'm wearing now in the pouch is a Yashica Electro GT (45/1.7). It's big, it's heavy, and it has the limitations I've lamented. But it's supremely quiet and vibration-free, and its Yashinon DX 6-element lens simply outpeforms all normal K mounts at f/1.7 or f/2, in the center and corners. > > Please note my new email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I used to use my NEC America address, but I no longer work at NEC. I work at the U.S. Postal Service's Engineering, Research, and Development Center in Northern Virginia. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
