Re: The REAL reason the Pentax K1000 rules!

2001-10-23 Thread Evan Hanson
Who needs DOF, K,M, A lenses have easy to read scales. ; ). And one touch zooms have those crazy lines. Evan - Original Message - From: Skofteland, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 1:19 PM Subject: RE: The REAL reason the Pentax K1000

RE: The REAL reason the Pentax K1000 rules!

2001-10-23 Thread Skofteland, Christian
I do! Try taking close-ups of bugs and flowers and such without DOF preview Christian Skofteland -Original Message- From: Evan Hanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Who needs DOF, K,M, A lenses have easy to read scales. ; ). And one touch zooms have those crazy lines.

RE: The REAL reason the Pentax K1000 rules!

2001-10-23 Thread Amita Guha
I do! Try taking close-ups of bugs and flowers and such without DOF preview I dunno, I've done ok without DOF. You can't miss what you've never had. ;) Not that I wouldn't like to have it, of course... --Amita - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to

Re: RE: The REAL reason the Pentax K1000 rules!

2001-10-23 Thread David Brooks
Minor point.If used ones up here did not cost what the K1000 did in 1997 when i bought mine,I'd own at least one more. Dave(K man )Brooks Begin Original Message but it doesn't have DOF preview!!!   otherwise I'd own 3 or 4! :-) Christian Skofteland Pentax User Stouffville

RE: The REAL reason the Pentax K1000 rules!

2001-10-23 Thread Brendan
Oh it is possible take good close ups with out DOF alright I'll crawl into the cave now :) --- Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do! Try taking close-ups of bugs and flowers and such without DOF preview I dunno, I've done ok without DOF. You can't miss what you've never

Re: The REAL reason the Pentax K1000 rules!

2001-10-23 Thread Nicholas Wright
Yes, it does. Nick -- From: Skofteland, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: The REAL reason the Pentax K1000 rules! Date: Tue, Oct 23, 2001, 12:19 PM but it doesn't have DOF preview!!! otherwise I'd own 3 or 4! :-) Christian

Re: The REAL reason the Pentax K1000 rules!

2001-10-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Frank Theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bah, yourself! K1000's are just Spotmatics with no dof and lots of plastic parts. Plastic parts on a K1000? Not on the early ones. (OK, now lets get the early K1000 owners fighting with the late K1000 owners!) -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com -

RE: The REAL reason the Pentax K1000 rules!

2001-10-23 Thread Amita Guha
(OK, now lets get the early K1000 owners fighting with the late K1000 owners!) I was going to say, there aren't any plastic parts on MY K1000. ;) - 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: The REAL reason the Pentax K1000 rules!

2001-10-23 Thread John Coyle
You could always look out for an old pre-set lens, where you get auto-DOF preview...:-) John Coyle Brisbane, Australia On Wednesday, October 24, 2001 4:18 AM, Skofteland, Christian [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: I do! Try taking close-ups of bugs and flowers and such without DOF

Re: The REAL reason the Pentax K1000 rules!

2001-10-23 Thread Frank Theriault
I'm sorry. I have to admit, I was baiting people there! Not nice... K1000's are fine cameras. Were it not for the fact that I got a Spotmatic first, and have all screwmount lenses, I'm sure that's what I'd be using. regards, frank Mark Roberts wrote: Plastic parts on a K1000? Not on the