Re: Huge SMC Pentax

I'm up to about 39,000 ft. most of the time, doesn't leave much room for the PDML :) Norm Caveman wrote: Yeah. Norm you have to tell us what you're up to. Cotty wrote: Yo Norm. Long time no read ;-)

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

TED]> > Date: 11/8/2004 9:03:13 AM > Subject: Re: Huge SMC Pentax > > --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 13:12:27 -0500, Caveman > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > While you guys were busy killing each other

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

--- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 13:12:27 -0500, Caveman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > While you guys were busy killing each other on > e-bay, Caveman just > > bought an A* 85/1.4 from a garage sale. Looks like > it has seen little > > use, only problem was

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

I think I hate you. Caveman wrote: While you guys were busy killing each other on e-bay, Caveman just bought an A* 85/1.4 from a garage sale. Looks like it has seen little use, only problem was some dust and fingerprints, gone after sonme careful cleaning. But hey I got it for $50 canuck. Comple

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

Yeah. Norm you have to tell us what you're up to. Cotty wrote: Yo Norm. Long time no read ;-)

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

On 7/11/04, Caveman, discombobulated, unleashed: >BTW, could you repost the link to that lens mount adapter you're using ? Certainly. >Or better yet, may I convince you to sell me one of those adapters ? You just picked up an A*85 for 50 C

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

- Original Message - From: "Caveman" Subject: Re: Huge SMC Pentax Just for the record. I did not badmouth anything preceding and including the PZ1p. IMHO it was after the PZ1p era that P screwed it. Thats funny. I thought it was the PZ era that saw Pentax screwin

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 17:36:55 -0500, Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just for the record. I did not badmouth anything preceding and including > the PZ1p. IMHO it was after the PZ1p era that P screwed it. > C'mon, Cavie, I was just teasing... cheers, frank (who was serious about you sen

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

frank theriault wrote: You must love rubbing it in our faces, eh Mr. I-Love-Canon-Pentax-Sucks-and-Is-a-Dying-Company Guy! Since you've long since repudiated all things Pentax, Just for the record. I did not badmouth anything preceding and including the PZ1p. IMHO it was after the PZ1p era that

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

BTW, could you repost the link to that lens mount adapter you're using ? Or better yet, may I convince you to sell me one of those adapters ? Cotty wrote: On 7/11/04, Caveman, discombobulated, unleashed: While you guys were busy killing each other on e-bay, Caveman just bought an A* 85/1.4 from

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

On 7 Nov 2004 at 13:12, Caveman wrote: > While you guys were busy killing each other on e-bay, Caveman just > bought an A* 85/1.4 from a garage sale. Looks like it has seen little > use, only problem was some dust and fingerprints, gone after sonme > careful cleaning. But hey I got it for $50 c

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 18:07:18 +, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There ya go Jens. > > Maybe you'll understand one day when someone posts the eBay link that > you've been watching. I'm lucky - never happened to me :-) > > Tom it's Sunday. Post that bloody FAQ again! I ~was~ going to bi

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 13:12:27 -0500, Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While you guys were busy killing each other on e-bay, Caveman just > bought an A* 85/1.4 from a garage sale. Looks like it has seen little > use, only problem was some dust and fingerprints, gone after sonme > careful cleaning

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

On 7/11/04, Caveman, discombobulated, unleashed: >While you guys were busy killing each other on e-bay, Caveman just >bought an A* 85/1.4 from a garage sale. Looks like it has seen little >use, only problem was some dust and fingerprints, gone after sonme >careful cleaning. But hey I got it for

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

On 7/11/04, Norm Baugher, discombobulated, unleashed: >Is this a tale from the cave? >Norm Yo Norm. Long time no read ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

RE: Huge SMC Pentax

I know, I had to type the smiley three times to get it to stop frowning! Don > -Original Message- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 12:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Huge SMC Pentax > > >

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

- Original Message - From: "Don Sanderson" Subject: RE: Huge SMC Pentax OK so you save a few hundred bucks, but now nobody likes you. Is it really worth it? I dunno Don. An A*85/1.4 for 50 bucks? Canadian at that? I could bear a bit of dislike for that. William Robb

RE: Huge SMC Pentax

] > Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 12:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Huge SMC Pentax > > > While you guys were busy killing each other on e-bay, Caveman just > bought an A* 85/1.4 from a garage sale. Looks like it has seen little > use, only problem was some

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

Is this a tale from the cave? Norm Caveman wrote: While you guys were busy killing each other on e-bay, Caveman just bought an A* 85/1.4 from a garage sale. Looks like it has seen little use, only problem was some dust and fingerprints, gone after sonme careful cleaning. But hey I got it for $50

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

While you guys were busy killing each other on e-bay, Caveman just bought an A* 85/1.4 from a garage sale. Looks like it has seen little use, only problem was some dust and fingerprints, gone after sonme careful cleaning. But hey I got it for $50 canuck. Complete with case. Jens Bladt wrote: So

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

On 7/11/04, Illinois Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: >ARGH! > > >I've been watching this lens for MONTHS! Let's follow the rules >people. > >IL Bill There ya go Jens. Maybe you'll understand one day when someone posts the eBay link that you've been watching. I'm lucky - never happe

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

ARGH! I've been watching this lens for MONTHS! Let's follow the rules people. IL Bill On Nov 7, 2004, at 11:29 AM, Steve Jolly wrote: Jens Bladt wrote: Sorry if I'm braking any rules. I just thought you should see this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&rd=1&item=3850279445

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

Jens Bladt wrote: Sorry if I'm braking any rules. I just thought you should see this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3850279445&ssPageNam e=STRK:MEWA:IT#ebayphotohosting Kind of expensive, but incredibly nice! You could have waited until the auction ended before posting it,

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

On 7/11/04, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed: >Sorry if I'm braking any rules. I just thought you should see this: . >Kind of expensive, but incredibly nice! You're breaking the rules, even if incredibly nice! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||

RE: Huge SMC Pentax

I have the SMC Takumar version of this ( better because you can use it on both M42 and K bodies) and it is an incredible quality lens, very sharp and contrasty and will focus to 20ft even at 600mm which is pretty close indeed. Only drawback to it is the tripod mount is too close to the body but sin