Hi all
I was introduced to photography by my father who got me a film camera when I was young, (Kalimar SR300 aka Zenit EM with Helios 44-2).
Then, due to development costs, other priorities like having money to study and get an education the camera collect some dust during a lot of years.
I got back to images seven years ago with an HP 850 with four mp. I could rediscover that I still loved this hobby even because I could shoot and grow this love together documenting my new born sons all the way.
Believe me, any camera takes good shoots.
But then you want better shoots
After more then 15 years away from slr cameras, in September 2008 I got myself some Pentax gear, at the time k200d and kit lens. I mature the kit lens in a couple of months and develop this passion, that if one can afford, leads also to get some gear. (Don't take me wrong, I still use my "kit lens" when it's appropriate)
I build (didn't finish yet) two sets of gear, the zoom one I use with the family and other occasions and the prime set "I use for myself". I enjoy both just have for myself a better enjoyment with the primes.
I have to say I’m having a blast with this passion and some of the blame is due to Pentax. The other ones to blame are all of you on this great forum. None of the blame is mine of course
As a end note, I agree with the two points of view since they are, for me, both corrects in the right situations of course.
Forgot to mention my "Zenit EM" was on service and it's fully operational again
I was going to submit this when I decided to share also some more extra information. I’m on a local photo club. Almost everyone are canikons with huge €€€€ gear, then some sony/olympus shooters and I’m the only pentax camera guy. I must say that’s the hard, true and crude concept of Pentax “I’m interesting”
At the beginning, when I joined the club I got joked all the time like “what is this ?” or “Is it a Panasonic ?” stuff like that. I never replied because that’s just ignorance and “I’m not paid to educate canikons”. The proper answer, I’m giving in all the contests or expositions I enter. I even make the time to enter
. Until now I never got a first place, but in every contest and/or exposition I manage to enter, at least, two out of ten possible images and already got some third and forth places several times. Due to this and of course all the other great Pentax qualities everyone here on the forum know about, two club members from sony already are thinking on switch over to Pentax and for my content, a lot of canikons are unhappy with their gear
… again ignorance since in some cases the problem is not the gear.
Finally, I attended a professional workshop about shooting landscape. The photographer was from NG Portugal (Nikon guy). I was really mad because the guy joked so much about my gear and I have really great Pentax gear. I had to reply that I was astonish that for him my gear was more important that my eventual skills as a hobbyist photographer. Point is, NG also have stupid people working there.
Either way I make him unhappy at least since he compared our gear, concerning money, and Pentax own of course for a long shoot (valuable for money).
This was going to be a two paragraph post. Sorry about that.