RE: Used glass

2010-05-17 Thread Brian Walters
On Sun, 16 May 2010 17:17 +0100, "Bob W" wrote: > > > > I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. > > It turns out he bought it from some guy named John Francis. > > > > A good lens is like syphilis - you get it from your friends. > ...which puts me in mind of this: http

Re: Used glass

2010-05-17 Thread Larry Colen
On 5/16/2010 6:01 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. It turns out he bought it from some guy named John Francis. The lens has a knob on it to keep the lens from rotating in the tripod mount collar. One of the screws holding that knob on is broken

RE: Used Glass

2010-05-17 Thread Bob W
> > ... interesting words from Bob... > > .> > > .> I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. > > .> It turns out he bought it from some guy named John Francis. > > .> > > . > > .A good lens is like syphilis - you get it from your friends. > > If you get that from friends, what

Re: Used Glass

2010-05-17 Thread eckinator
2010/5/17 Ken Waller : > > If you get that from friends, what do you get from your enemies ? uhm... decentered 16-50s with intermittently faulty SDM motors? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit th

Re: Used Glass

2010-05-17 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Luiz Felipe" Subject: Used Glass ... interesting words from Bob... .> .> I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. .> It turns out he bought it from some guy named John Fr

Re: Used glass

2010-05-16 Thread Boris Liberman
On 5/16/2010 7:17 PM, Bob W wrote: A good lens is like syphilis - you get it from your friends. Bob Gee, that was aimed right and square at the next PDML annual... Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML

Re: Used glass

2010-05-16 Thread Larry Colen
On May 16, 2010, at 9:17 AM, Bob W wrote: I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. It turns out he bought it from some guy named John Francis. A good lens is like syphilis - you get it from your friends. When it comes to hand me downs, I could do a lot worse than John's

Re: Used glass

2010-05-16 Thread Subash
On Sun, 16 May 2010 17:17:31 +0100 "Bob W" wrote: > > > > I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. > > It turns out he bought it from some guy named John Francis. > > > > A good lens is like syphilis - you get it from your friends. i guess Bob, as opposed to p...@web-option

RE: Used glass

2010-05-16 Thread Bob W
> > I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. > It turns out he bought it from some guy named John Francis. > A good lens is like syphilis - you get it from your friends. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UN

Re: Used glass

2010-05-16 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 9:04 AM, AlunFoto wrote: > The world is a small place sometimes... :-) Its still big enough to have a pee out back by the spruce bushes.;-0 Dave > Jostein > > 2010/5/16 Larry Colen : >> I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. >> It turns out he bought

Re: Used glass

2010-05-16 Thread AlunFoto
The world is a small place sometimes... :-) Jostein 2010/5/16 Larry Colen : > I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. > It turns out he bought it from some guy named John Francis. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Ma