Re: End of an era

2013-10-29 Thread Boris Liberman
On 10/27/2013 1:02 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote: On 26 October 2013 18:37, Boris Liberman wrote: Chris, I think that Pentax has several rather unique lenses (say, 50/1.2, either K or A - no matter) that could be well used on your Fuji cameras... But otherwise, I hear you. There are a few gaps in

Re: End of an era

2013-10-27 Thread mike wilson
On 26/10/2013, Chris Mitchell wrote: > that one-off auto focus > lens; a real museum piece. Was just given one of those last week. Now to find the ME-F. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: End of an era

2013-10-27 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 26 October 2013 18:37, Boris Liberman wrote: > Chris, I think that Pentax has several rather unique lenses (say, 50/1.2, > either K or A - no matter) that could be well used on your Fuji cameras... > > But otherwise, I hear you. > There are a few gaps in the Fujinon range and the 28 f2.8 and 50

Re: End of an era

2013-10-26 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 26 October 2013 15:20, Richard Womer wrote: > And you called me a traitor for moving from a K-7 to a K-5! > > Haaarrrumph. > > Rick > My fingers were crossed. Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, ple

RE: End of an era

2013-10-26 Thread Bob W
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Richard Womer > > And you called me a traitor for moving from a K-7 to a K-5! > > Haaarrrumph. > > Rick > > On Oct 26, 2013, at 2:29 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: [...] > > > > I'll stick around here of course - in fact I'm meeting Bob >

Re: End of an era

2013-10-26 Thread Boris Liberman
Chris, I think that Pentax has several rather unique lenses (say, 50/1.2, either K or A - no matter) that could be well used on your Fuji cameras... But otherwise, I hear you. On 10/26/2013 9:29 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: Well, the last of my sales of Pentax gear were dispatched during this we

Re: End of an era

2013-10-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 25, 2013, at 11:29 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote: > Well, the last of my sales of Pentax gear were dispatched during this > week... > > I'll stick around here of course - in fact I'm meeting Bob W and Cotty > today for a trip to the Henri Lartigue - Bibi exhibition and a bit of > a Fuji-fest.

Re: End of an era

2013-10-26 Thread Richard Womer
And you called me a traitor for moving from a K-7 to a K-5! Haaarrrumph. Rick On Oct 26, 2013, at 2:29 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: > Well, the last of my sales of Pentax gear were dispatched during this > week, including the K7 and the DA* 16-50 lens. Every item exceeded the > price I'd have been

End of an era

2013-10-25 Thread Chris Mitchell
Well, the last of my sales of Pentax gear were dispatched during this week, including the K7 and the DA* 16-50 lens. Every item exceeded the price I'd have been happy with and the star over-performer was a Sigma 2x Teleconverter that I thought would go for 20GBP and went for 120. I've got enough in

Re: End of an era - Minolta will merge with Konica in July

2003-01-07 Thread Rodelion
:30 AM Subject: OT: End of an era - Minolta will merge with Konica in July > According to news in Japan, Minolta will merge with Konica in July: > > http://www.sankei.co.jp/news/morning/07iti001.htm > > Is it the end of an era for Minolta, or a new dawn? > > Just won

OT: End of an era - Minolta will merge with Konica in July

2003-01-06 Thread Iren & Henry Chu
According to news in Japan, Minolta will merge with Konica in July: http://www.sankei.co.jp/news/morning/07iti001.htm Is it the end of an era for Minolta, or a new dawn? Just wonder how Pentax is going to survive, with such a powerful competitor. Regards, Henry Chu 7/1/2003