Re: How has your Pentax day been?

2002-01-24 Thread Mike Johnston
Just out of curiosity, how much did you pay for it ? What condition was it in ? say compared to the one at http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~nitin/es2 I am selling the one above, so price comparison might help :) Nitin, Well, I'm sure I overpaid--I usually do wry smile. Plus, the ES II bought

Re: How has your Pentax day been?

2002-01-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
I'd call that a great deal. Heck, if someone had mentioned it on the list, I would have bid $225. ;-) Mike Johnston wrote: Just out of curiosity, how much did you pay for it ? What condition was it in ? say compared to the one at http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~nitin/es2 I am selling the

Re: How has your Pentax day been?

2002-01-24 Thread Fred
Is it a a collector thing or does the chrome one have something the black ones dont ? :) I guess it's just a collector thing - g. In most of the older Pentax manual focus bodies (both screwmounts and K-mounts) that came in both black and chrome, the black ones were less common. So, with most

Re: How has your Pentax day been?

2002-01-24 Thread Nitin Garg
*shaking head* i will never understand the lure of collection (and i feel it myself but have it under control in no small part to the fact i cant afford it :)). As an aside, I sold mine for $100. cheers, nitin On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 01:39:17PM -0500, Fred wrote: Is it a a collector thing or

RE: How has your Pentax day been?

2002-01-24 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Shot two rolls of TMAX 400 120 with the P67 and printed them already. AWESOME!!! 8X10 prints have no visible grain to the naked eye. SCREW COLOR JCO - 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

Re: How has your Pentax day been?

2002-01-24 Thread Fred
By the way, your comments in Stan Halpin's lens site and your 85mm. lens shootout did a lot to enable me towards this lens. I expect my cats look as well in the photos taken with this lens as yours ;-) OK, Carlos, I hope so. (I was indeed very fortunate to have a cat that was willing to

Re: How has your Pentax day been?

2002-01-24 Thread Peter Alling
Nope the're just chrome. At 12:57 PM 1/24/2002 -0500, you wrote: Is it a a collector thing or does the chrome one have something the black ones dont ? :) On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 08:28:21AM -0500, Paul Stenquist wrote: I'd call that a great deal. Heck, if someone had mentioned it on the

Re: How has your Pentax day been?

2002-01-23 Thread Carlos Royo
Hi Cesar: My Pentax day hasn't been as remarkable as yours, but, of course, I don't know anyone mad enough to lend me a 31 Limited and expecting it back ;-) But I also have a nice event to report: finally, my SMC Pentax K 85 mm. 1.8 arrived home today! I was getting nervous for the 15 day wait,

Re: How has your Pentax day been?

2002-01-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi, Today was spent building a paper drying cabinet. Got most of it done, and may later upload some photos of the 1/2 finished project. Lots of fun. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To

Re: How has your Pentax day been?

2002-01-23 Thread Mike Johnston
Re: How has your Pentax day been? Well, I just bought an ES II. Does that count? It's not here yet. -- Mike Ain't photography grand. The more you know the less you know. (Shel Belinkoff) * * * Find out about Mike Johnston's unique photography newsletter, The 37th Frame, at http://www

Re: How has your Pentax day been?

2002-01-23 Thread Nitin Garg
has your Pentax day been? Well, I just bought an ES II. Does that count? It's not here yet. -- Mike Ain't photography grand. The more you know the less you know. (Shel Belinkoff) * * * Find out about Mike Johnston's unique photography newsletter, The 37th Frame, at http://www