I feel so guilty

**gaweidert** · 03-23-2012, 06:02 AM

Today I broke down and ordered a Pentax K5. I have no idea how to break the news to my other Pentax SLR cameras. So I have 2 questions:

1) How did you guys and gals break the news to them?
2) How did they take it.

Bad enough that Kodak is discontinuing reversal film. It's all I ever fed them.

RonHendriks1966 · 03-23-2012, 06:24 AM

Put my old K-7 on the marketplace and never seen him again

JinDesu · 03-23-2012, 06:26 AM

You mount your longest lenses on your SLRs and your shortest lens on the k-5 for a while. It'll help them to get over all their shortcomings. Make sure you keep telling them how long they are.

In short, pretend you are my girlfriend, as I am asian.

morpho · 03-23-2012, 06:28 AM

Originally posted by JinDesu

You mount your longest lenses on your SLRs and your shortest lens on the k-5 for a while. It'll help them to get over all their shortcomings. Make sure you keep telling them how long they are.

In short, pretend you are my girlfriend, as I am asian.

Hahahahaha

**monochrome** · 03-23-2012, 06:38 AM

Originally posted by JinDesu

You mount your longest lenses on your SLRs and your shortest lens on the k-5 for a while. It'll help them to get over all their shortcomings. Make sure you keep telling them how long they are.

In short, pretend you are my girlfriend, as I am asian.

Its not how long the lens is . . . (says the girlfriend)

**boriscleto** · 03-23-2012, 06:40 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by monochrome

Its not how long the lens is . . . (says the girlfriend)

It's about the girth. Use a mirror lens.

Docrwm · 03-23-2012, 06:40 AM

Congratulations on the new camera.

causey · 03-23-2012, 06:47 AM

"You knew from the outset it wasn't going to be forever between us..."

**TER-OR** · 03-23-2012, 06:56 AM

My K-10 still feels special because it has a split-screen. It does feel neglected, though.

**Digitalis** · 03-23-2012, 07:18 AM - **1 Like**

well I managed getting away with it by not having a significant other in the first place....

**blackcloudbrew** · 03-23-2012, 07:30 AM

Tell them you've become a hybrid shooter (both film and digital). It's worked for me.

reeftool · 03-23-2012, 07:33 AM

I have found that having a second camera body available is a wonderful thing. With my large and growing collection of manual glass, my Katz Eye equipped K10D gets regular use. I shoot a lot of sports and having a camera with a telephoto on one and a wide lens on the other is very handy also.

Rupert · 03-23-2012, 09:14 AM

I never wanted to do this...but having read this the guilt is overwhelming me and I have to confess. Please don't think worse of me, I am sorry and I am already suffering from the guilt and shame.

Recently, after almost a year of bliss with my K5 and a year of my old trusty and reliable K20D being stuck in a cabinet drawer, where I often heard soft sobs and found dampness from the tears, I decided to donate my K20D to science so it could once again feel important and needed. With a recent forecast for heavy rain all night, I set the K20D out in the cold on my patio table and left it uncovered and fully exposed. The next day, I dried it off and tried every function....worked perfectly!
Now for the worst part...this is where the shame really starts. I left it on that table all day last week and surrounded it with peanuts and shelled corn. The damn Squirrels were all over it and a few of them were trying to snap off a shot or two at each other.....between testing the flavor of the K20D strap. I just watched out my window.....and took shots with the K5, but they were so obscene I dare not post them. At the end of the day, it was still intact, and I can now declare it waterproof...and Squirrelproof. I did leave it out of the drawer as a reward for its service to humanity, and all I hear now is a little tune playing out of its tiny speaker "Once in awhile....."

You Tube

Regards....and please keep this to yourself!

RioRico · 03-23-2012, 09:44 AM

I feel no guilt. I'm a heartless brute. Each new camera means that older cameras are (mostly) carried and used less and less. Oh, the loneliness... But I must remain in control of my emotions, and of my hardware. The hardware must not bias my rational decisions. Except maybe that Kodak Monitor 6x9 folder...

03-23-2012, 06:02 AM	#1
gaweidert Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Rochester, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,325	I feel so guilty Today I broke down and ordered a Pentax K5. I have no idea how to break the news to my other Pentax SLR cameras. So I have 2 questions: 1) How did you guys and gals break the news to them? 2) How did they take it. Bad enough that Kodak is discontinuing reversal film. It's all I ever fed them.

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morpho Forum Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 95	Originally posted by JinDesu You mount your longest lenses on your SLRs and your shortest lens on the k-5 for a while. It'll help them to get over all their shortcomings. Make sure you keep telling them how long they are. In short, pretend you are my girlfriend, as I am asian. Hahahahaha

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monochrome Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Working From Home Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 26,276	Originally posted by JinDesu You mount your longest lenses on your SLRs and your shortest lens on the k-5 for a while. It'll help them to get over all their shortcomings. Make sure you keep telling them how long they are. In short, pretend you are my girlfriend, as I am asian. Its not how long the lens is . . . (says the girlfriend)

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boriscleto Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: North Syracuse, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 16,475	Originally posted by monochrome Its not how long the lens is . . . (says the girlfriend) It's about the girth. Use a mirror lens.

03-23-2012, 06:40 AM	#7
Docrwm Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Somewhere in the Southern US Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,285	Congratulations on the new camera.

03-23-2012, 06:47 AM	#8
causey Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Arlington, VA Photos: Albums Posts: 3,757	"You knew from the outset it wasn't going to be forever between us..."

03-23-2012, 06:56 AM	#9
TER-OR Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dundee, IL Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,699	My K-10 still feels special because it has a split-screen. It does feel neglected, though.

03-23-2012, 07:18 AM - 1 Like	#10
Digitalis Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,694	well I managed getting away with it by not having a significant other in the first place....

03-23-2012, 07:30 AM	#11
blackcloudbrew Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cotati, California USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,460	Tell them you've become a hybrid shooter (both film and digital). It's worked for me.

03-23-2012, 07:33 AM	#12
reeftool Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Upstate New York Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,554	I have found that having a second camera body available is a wonderful thing. With my large and growing collection of manual glass, my Katz Eye equipped K10D gets regular use. I shoot a lot of sports and having a camera with a telephoto on one and a wide lens on the other is very handy also.

03-23-2012, 09:44 AM	#14
RioRico Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Limbo, California Posts: 11,263	I feel no guilt. I'm a heartless brute. Each new camera means that older cameras are (mostly) carried and used less and less. Oh, the loneliness... But I must remain in control of my emotions, and of my hardware. The hardware must not bias my rational decisions. Except maybe that Kodak Monitor 6x9 folder...