On Saturday, September 21, 2002, at 01:26 PM, James Fellows wrote:
> I know this topic keeps coming up but I to metion what happened > today. I > coach my 5 yeqr old's soccer team and today was picture day. There were > about 50 teams of 10 kids each and the photo outfit that was handling > it had > 4 stations setup. One for team shoots and 3 induvidual player shots. > It > was a nice and efficent set up. THe team photo was taken with a Nikon > F5, > no surprice there. When I got my team in line line at the station for > individual shots, the photographer was using a Pentax K-1000. I do not > know > what the lens was but I found it intersiting to see it being used. > > Jim While making small talk at a kid's birthday party a few weeks ago, one of the parents was telling me about how great his new Nikon F5 was, he also confided that he had recently inherited his late father-in-law's K1000 and 50mm lens and, in lowered tones, was surprised that he could get better pictures with it than with his new F5. Go figure. Dan Scott