What Pentax gear is on your shopping (or wish) list?
Shop, shop, shop; GAS, gas, gas ( gear acquisition syndrome).
We have all been conditioned to cajole our Idiot Boxes into telling us to
get new Cameras and Lenses every 4 to 5 years.
Why? Perhaps because of technological reasons, sharper and better picture
qualities etc.
What did we have in our early Film SLR days? A camera that allowed you to
play with the (3) Basics - Shutter Speed, Aperture Opening and the Film
ISO. It was a luxury if you had a built in Light Meter, Focusing Aid,
Double Exposure, Self Timer or some other Gimmicks.
And we produced beautiful results.
God has Blessed us with enough resources to buy the latest Pentax DSLRs and
Lenses, but I have stuck to the Pentax K-5 IIs and some of the best AF
Lenses from Pentax, Tamron or Sigma - (11) in all. I have other systems as
well including Leica, but love my Pentax the most.
I will accept any challenge from any Kindred Soul with a Pentax K-1 Mk2 or
the latest K-3 Mk III.
Just my 2-cents, even though I agree - to each our own - so go ahead and
ask yourselves or your friend "What Pentax gear is on your shopping (or
wish) list"?
Bipin in Thornhill Ontario.
On 1/16/2023 10:38 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote:
Shop, shop, shop; GAS, gas, gas ( gear acquisition syndrome).
We have all been conditioned to cajole our Idiot Boxes into telling us to
get new Cameras and Lenses every 4 to 5 years.
Why? Perhaps because of technological reasons, sharper and better picture
qualities etc.
What did we have in our early Film SLR days? A camera that allowed you to
play with the (3) Basics - Shutter Speed, Aperture Opening and the Film
ISO. It was a luxury if you had a built in Light Meter, Focusing Aid,
Double Exposure, Self Timer or some other Gimmicks.
And we produced beautiful results.
God has Blessed us with enough resources to buy the latest Pentax DSLRs and
Lenses, but I have stuck to the Pentax K-5 IIs and some of the best AF
Lenses from Pentax, Tamron or Sigma - (11) in all. I have other systems as
well including Leica, but love my Pentax the most.
I will accept any challenge from any Kindred Soul with a Pentax K-1 Mk2 or
the latest K-3 Mk III.
Just my 2-cents, even though I agree - to each our own - so go ahead and
ask yourselves or your friend "What Pentax gear is on your shopping (or
wish) list"?
Bipin in Thornhill Ontario.
I respect your opinion, but please respect that some of us have moved on
from 1973.
bill
On Jan 16, 2023, at 8:38 PM, Bipin Gupta biping@gmail.com wrote:
Shop, shop, shop; GAS, gas, gas ( gear acquisition syndrome).
We have all been conditioned to cajole our Idiot Boxes into telling us to
get new Cameras and Lenses every 4 to 5 years.
Why? Perhaps because of technological reasons, sharper and better picture
qualities etc.
What did we have in our early Film SLR days? A camera that allowed you to
play with the (3) Basics - Shutter Speed, Aperture Opening and the Film
ISO. It was a luxury if you had a built in Light Meter, Focusing Aid,
Double Exposure, Self Timer or some other Gimmicks.
And we produced beautiful results.
Yeah, I've produced some beautiful results with an Argus C-3 and expired film. The camera doesn't affect the artistic quality of the photos that you can take, but the camera does affect what photos you can take. Some of my best work is taken upwards of ISO 10,000, or hand holding down to 1/10 second.
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Larry Colen
lrc@red4est.com. sent from Mirkwood