Re: Lens Purchase dilemma

2015-07-08 Thread Paul
kind. The best thing that happened in our marriage was when she ran off with another man. On 7/6/2015 10:14 AM, Ken Waller wrote: Don't ask for permission, ask for forgiveness! -Original Message- From: John sesso...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: Lens Purchase dilemma I was going to post

Re: Lens Purchase dilemma

2015-07-08 Thread Larry Colen
AM, Ken Waller wrote: Don't ask for permission, ask for forgiveness! -Original Message- From: John sesso...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: Lens Purchase dilemma I was going to post some snark about having to get your wife's permission to buy stuff, until I got to thinking about life with my

Re: Lens Purchase dilemma

2015-07-07 Thread John
for forgiveness! -Original Message- From: John sesso...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: Lens Purchase dilemma I was going to post some snark about having to get your wife's permission to buy stuff, until I got to thinking about life with my EX while we were still married. Not only did I not buy anything

Re: Lens Purchase dilemma

2015-07-07 Thread Paul
for forgiveness! -Original Message- From: John sesso...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: Lens Purchase dilemma I was going to post some snark about having to get your wife's permission to buy stuff, until I got to thinking about life with my EX while we were still married. Not only did I not buy

Re: Lens Purchase dilemma

2015-07-06 Thread Jack Davis
was not the forgiving kind. The best thing that happened in our marriage was when she ran off with another man. On 7/6/2015 10:14 AM, Ken Waller wrote: Don't ask for permission, ask for forgiveness! -Original Message- From: John sesso...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: Lens Purchase dilemma I

Re: Lens Purchase dilemma

2015-07-06 Thread Darren Addy
wrote: Don't ask for permission, ask for forgiveness! -Original Message- From: John sesso...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: Lens Purchase dilemma I was going to post some snark about having to get your wife's permission to buy stuff, until I got to thinking about life with my EX while

Re: Lens Purchase dilemma

2015-07-06 Thread P.J. Alling
for permission, ask for forgiveness! -Original Message- From: John sesso...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: Lens Purchase dilemma I was going to post some snark about having to get your wife's permission to buy stuff, until I got to thinking about life with my EX while we were still married

Re: Lens Purchase dilemma

2015-07-06 Thread John
My EX was not the forgiving kind. The best thing that happened in our marriage was when she ran off with another man. On 7/6/2015 10:14 AM, Ken Waller wrote: Don't ask for permission, ask for forgiveness! -Original Message- From: John sesso...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: Lens Purchase

Re: Lens Purchase dilemma

2015-07-06 Thread Ken Waller
Don't ask for permission, ask for forgiveness! -Original Message- From: John sesso...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: Lens Purchase dilemma I was going to post some snark about having to get your wife's permission to buy stuff, until I got to thinking about life with my EX while we were

Re: Lens purchase dilemma

2015-06-29 Thread Jostein Øksne
There's not enough information here. The guy has already shelled out for a K-3 and a Sigma lens. We don't get to know how much that strained the marital capital. For all we know he could be just looking for an excuse to go one step too far for his budget on his shopping crusade, hoping that a

Re: Lens purchase dilemma

2015-06-29 Thread John
On 6/28/2015 7:58 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: I know this guy, Pentax user, used to be on PDML. Maybe still lurking but shy? Anyway, he is asking the following: Need some advice from the group. You know, for a friend. Say you noticed someone that's probably about two hours drive from your home

Re: Lens Purchase dilemma

2015-06-29 Thread John
I was going to post some snark about having to get your wife's permission to buy stuff, until I got to thinking about life with my EX while we were still married. Not only did I not buy anything for myself during that time, I wasn't even allowed to play with the toys I already owned. Had to sell

Re: Lens purchase dilemma

2015-06-29 Thread Stanley Halpin
Thanks all for your input. On balance, your suggestions mirror my own: I told him that I had had the DA40 and had sold it, partially because its FOV was redundant with several others, and partially because I didn’t find it all that special. But for $100, if it were a 10 minute drive rather than

Lens purchase dilemma

2015-06-28 Thread Stanley Halpin
I know this guy, Pentax user, used to be on PDML. Maybe still lurking but shy? Anyway, he is asking the following: Need some advice from the group. You know, for a friend. Say you noticed someone that's probably about two hours drive from your home is selling a DA 40mm 2.8 for $100. Not

Re: Lens purchase dilemma

2015-06-28 Thread Darren Addy
Frankly, give the lenses you mentioned, the *need* for the DA40 is virtually nil. On the other hand, if he/she finds himself using the 40mm focal length a lot and wishing for AF, and thinks the prime is going to perform better than the Sigma at 40mm, then $100 for the Limited is probably a good

Re: Lens purchase dilemma

2015-06-28 Thread P.J. Alling
The M 40 and the DA 40 are supposed to be identical optically so if he's happy with the M 40's IQ it comes down to is the convenience of auto exposure and auto focus worth spending his marital capitol. I don't have to worry about that, but I do have an M 40 f2.8 and an FA 43mm f1.9, and if I

Re: Lens purchase dilemma

2015-06-28 Thread Yolanda Rowe
For the autofocus capability at that price, I'd spend the marital capital. On the other hand, I have to confess that I've been in trouble before due to LBA. Add it to the collection and say that it followed you home... Cheers! Yonnie On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 7:11 PM, P.J. Alling

Re: Lens purchase dilemma

2015-06-28 Thread Knarf
I tried that with a stereo integrated amplifier once. Didn't work... Cheers, frank On 28 June, 2015 9:07:59 PM EDT, Yolanda Rowe ypr...@gmail.com wrote: For the autofocus capability at that price, I'd spend the marital capital. On the other hand, I have to confess that I've been in trouble

Re: Lens purchase dilemma

2015-06-28 Thread Larry Colen
Knarf wrote: I tried that with a stereo integrated amplifier once. Didn't work... If it was as nice as my old NAD 3020, then it was probably worth it. I quite like my DA40 ltd. I really ought to use it for more than just a body cap more often. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox

Lens Purchase dilemma

2015-06-28 Thread Morris Galloway
How much marital capitol? As a lurker who occasionally takes divorce cases, and often ends up making the Husband Pay me to get Her a divorce... Are You Kidding? Over a Camera Lens? Ask for it for Late Father's Day -- or any other holiday, but don't, Don't, rile up the dinner table! G. (Back

Re: Lens Purchase dilemma

2015-06-28 Thread Knarf
Wise words, Morris (nice to see you de-lurk, however briefly). As I said, I did it for an amplifier once. Not just an amp, a Creek CAS 4040. A little jewel of an amp. I won't say it wasn't worth it (one hell of an amp, after all), but in retrospect there were better ways to obtain it. LOL.

Re: Lens purchase dilemma

2015-06-28 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I had both lenses and didn't like the DA40 very much. Marital capital? over a $100 lens … On the other hand, if you have a partner who is so tight about YOUR enjoyment budget, and you can actually buy the thing without compromising health, home, food, etc, … blow the wad and find a better way