Enjoyed your Pentax navigation history. Have you ever posted an image to the PDML? A point that really stood out was that, at one point, your "wife" actually CONVINCED you to "up grade" to a Z-1. She is certainly a keeper, Larry. Several time now I've I had to convinced my wife that I need a camera upgrade. I do a great grovel.
Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "larry" <larryl...@sprintmail.com> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 8:22:08 AM Subject: Re: What does everyone now use? My main camera is a K3. This has come after a long evolution. In 1968, I bought a Spotmatic so that I would be able to take pictures of my soon to be born child. (This past summer, my wife took her (our daughter's) daughter to look at possible colleges.) After many years of wonderful service, in 1985, I replaced it with a Super-Program (one of my co-workers convinced me that I needed a more automatic camera. It was a lot easier to get what I wanted, and I could use all my Spotmatic lenses. Later, on a business trip to Singapore, my wife convinced my to "up-grade" to a Z-1. Now I had autofocus. Than came my unfortunate involvement with this list. I short order, I had bought used versions of KX and MX. The KX was like a K-mount version of a Spotmatic and the MX was just a beautiful body. After years of digital envy, I bought an ist D. It met my needs, and I could mount all my lenses with their original capabilities (other than power zoom). A bout in the hospital made the shake reduction capability of the K10D necessary. The dam had burst. This was soon followed by (after appropriate price reductions) a K7 (smaller and lighter and now my granddaughter's camera), and a K5 (better resolution) and the K3 (great no-flash capability). As I aged, I've simplified. Now I use a very wide zoom lens (18-250) on the K3. Am I always happy with the results? No. I'm just not unhappy enough to want to carry more equipment. A camera, its lens and a tripod has to be enough! Larry in Dallas --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
