Made me laugh Fred! Good post. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:19 AM Subject: Poor SMC Pentax 15/3.5 in a (Gasp!) Nikon Mount
> I've been watching an interesting eBay auction that recently ended > (http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1333228569). > Up for grabs was an SMC Pentax 15/3.5 lens in a Nikon mount. The > auction title was "15mm f3.5 lens By Pentax for Nikon", and the lens > was described as "an inexpensive way to get very wide on your > Nikon". > > There were "a few small marks on the front element which may or may > not affect the image quality", and the lens sold at $310 USD. For a > Nikon user, I guess that's a pretty attractive price for a 15/3.5, > considering that in another recent auction > (http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1333128992)for > a Nikon 15/3.5 ended at $713, and without the reserve being met - > that lens has now been relisted > (http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1334255176). > > Anyhow, back to the bastardized Pentax 15/3.5, I'm assuming that > some camera shop someplace must have perpetrated some sort of an > evil mount conversion, right? > > Well, I just let all my lenses know about this poor 15/3.5, so that > they know from now on they'll have to all be extra good (defined as > "sharp and contrasty"), OR they too could end up being damned to > some forlorn Nikon existence. As I left the room I overheard a > couple of primes discussing this, and one of them (a wide-angle, but > you know how sort-sighted they tend to be) suggested "oh - that poor > SMC must have really blew an entire roll of film, or something". > > Hmmm... Being born a Pentax but ending up as a Nikon - it must be > sort of like being assimilated into the Borg, I would think... :-( > > ;-) > > Fred > - > 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 .
