If only!!! The answer is - a black 77 ltd!
Man every body gotta feel a limited lens to experience pure lust! I was amazed how small the box was, and then how small the lens was, and then how heavy and SOLID it felt. That beuatiful silky smooth surface, wonderful manual focussing action, the soft fit lens cap, the built in hood. This thing belongs in an art gallery or a museum as much as it belongs on a camera! It just seems like a solid lump of glass with just the thinnest of housings rather than the bulky plastic jobbies we normally see. Holding it and looking at it was almost like foreplay! I strapped it on last night and the view is bright and sharp and the bokeh looks absolutely wonderful in the viewfinder. I need to finish the film today so that I can get it developed before Duxford as I dont want to lose all the incriminating photos of the PDMLers should the lens have some problem, heaven forbid. One thing I was unsure about, how well does the lens cap stay on in a bag? I guess it is OK, its just that I am used to caps that click on. Also, I havent had time to put the UV filter on - will this obstruct the lens hood? I am sure the polariser will as its a bit wider. This may make the hood a little impractical, but I love the idea anyway!! Perhaps they should have put the filter thread on the hood rather than the lens barrel? Its funny, I never understood why people said the MZ bodies felt too light or flimsy before, but with this lens mounted, anything shy of the MZ-S suddenly seems cheap. This is not a bad thing, its just that the lens outshines the plastic bodies soo much that it shows them up. I think the silver looks even more special unmounted, but while I dont mind a black lens on the 'half-chrome' bodies, chrome lenses on a black MZ-S look naff. Thanks again to Peter who got this beauty from Japan for me, I recommend everyone on the list using his services, and I now know just what they should buy from him! Now I must try to avoid seeing anyones 43 or 31 at the weekend... Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: Frits J. Wüthrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 09 July 2002 21:20 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Love is(of) a wonderful thing > > > Let me guess, is that the digital SLR? > > > On Tuesday 09 July 2002 10:14, Rob Brigham wrote: > > I'm in love. Peter knows why - delivery arrived today (thanks). > > > > Just holding it is a wonderous thing. Havent had time to > use it yet, > > but I just know I'm gonna be hooked. > > - > > > -- > Frits J. Wüthrich > (Sent with Kmail) > - > 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 .
