Originally posted by ivanvernon I am up to about 112 nowadays, but do not plan to collect any more lenses except maybe two or three.
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GRAND TOTAL: 112
I see your team of nice lenses has grown out of proportions since last time I checked
I have taken a sabbatical from this forum because of a number of reasons, mainly related to the pandemic, a forced change of country, etc, etc.
Given the availability of plenty of free time, I decided to use the lock down to fix the house where I'm currently living and in the process try to consolidate my huge collection of photographic equipments. I don't have enough room for the large format cameras and lenses, but at least I am almost done organizing and exposing my 35mm stuff (or at least finding a place for the stuff that can't be kept visible).
This process gave me the pleasure of finding/rediscovering lenses I had almost forgotten, especially some M42 or T-mount optics I haven't touched for at least two decades. Now I have just started trying to do the same for my medium format stuff.
Checking, cleaning, taking care of some fungus (either by myself or resorting to my friend/repairman), find a new space to store similar things together... all that has proven to be very pleasurable and rewarding. I really enjoyed it immensely
During all this time I've taken less pictures than usual, and I confess I have been involved more in collector's issues than with Pentax-specific stuff. As a result, I have taken a rather long leave from this forum.
Now I'm back, after a rather long time.
I checked this thread first, cause it's one of those I like the most, and found that in the meantime you have acquired quite a few great optics. My best compliments!
I express the same appreciation for Pepperberry Farm, who's got a number of fine new optics too (and posted some great lens p0rn). Well done, my brothers in Pentax
I don't have much to celebrate regarding new acquisitions, I bought only two or three lenses during 2020, but to my surprise I enjoyed immensely rediscovering old ones! They got dispersed in three different places over the years, and now are back together in a home better suited for their conservation.
After recovering them, going through each one, storing/dividing in plastic boxes, I finally am at the point with the renovation of the house that allows to find my most beloved lenses a display. I already posted some pics of my manual focus Pentax lenses on a temporary arrangement, now I have a shot of one side of the display (with original Pentax optics) that's almost finsl. The lenses are illuminated by a battery operated led strip, and for the occasion I have included the SMC Pentax 1:5.6 500mm on the side, on top of the case of an SMC Pentax-A Star 1:2.8 300mm, which is located on top of the display with its dedicated 2x-L converter. On top there are a few other lenses: a SMC Pentax-A 645 1:4 120mm Macro and a SMC Pentax 67 1:3.5 120mm Soft Focus, both with PK adapters, and my beloved Auto Takumar 1:1.8 85mm, which I believed was left in Thailand attracting fungus... and instead was found stored in a box with other M42 lenses
The other side of the display holds third party manual focus PK lenses. I will post the family portrait once I've given them some order...