Bruce wrote:
>Your homework
> assignment is to find out how many current production lenses Pentax has that
> meets these criteria.
Count all FA* and FA Limited lenses and the few odd A pro grade lenses still in
production and you're all set. If you want to, you can count all Pentax MF lenses a
In 35mm it is somewhat clouded by the fact that Pentax hasn't really
marketed to the "pro" market. It would be safe to say that any of their *
lenses (A*, FA*,etc) are pro oriented as would be most of their really long
glass. All of their medium format lenses would be considered pro oriented
but t
Using the term pro quickly gets things into a muddle, because of its many
connotations. Keep the concept "industrial strength/high performance" in
your mind when thinking about camera equipment. Generally, (I said
generally) prime lenses and f2.8 constant aperture zoom lenses are ruggedly
built an
Yes it has, is and will.
>From: "Butch Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>No, I wasn't aware that Nikon is designing all levels of lenses as G
lenses.
>I bet it will P*** off a number of Nikon users.
on 9/22/02 6:22 PM, Butch Black at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> No, I wasn't aware that Nikon is designing all levels of lenses as G lenses.
> I bet it will P*** off a number of Nikon users.
>
> You mean like Nikon's new 70-200/2.8 AF-S VR? Or didn't you know that Nikon
> has started dropping th
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Subject: Re: Professional Gear
A Nikon user with a K1000... Odd, indeed... I
guess it must have been some
kind of nostalgy?
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From: "James Fellows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 8:26 PM
Subj
It could also be that he got the F5 with a consumer grade zoom, or worse yet
a G lens. Nikon's consumer grade zooms range from ok to poor and the G in G
lens stands for garbage.
> also confided that he had recently inherited his late father-in-law's
> K1000 and 50mm lens and, in lowered tones, wa
On 21 Sep 2002 at 14:26, 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.
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
>
A Nikon user with a K1000... Odd, indeed... I guess it must have been some
kind of nostalgy?
- Original Message -
From: "James Fellows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 8:26 PM
Subject: Professional Gear
> I know t
- Original Message -
From: James Fellows
Subject: Professional Gear
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.
I shot a lot of weddings and portraits with my K1000's. I really
like the things.
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
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