Hi from Italy

eurostar · 12-06-2006, 07:36 AM

Hi to all, I have just subscribed to the forum after a few year absence from the Pentax world.

I have been a Pentax user since 1982 up to three years a go, when I sold nearly all my gear to switch to a Coolpix 5700.

Now I am waiting to buy a K10D, to return to a camera world I sorely missed.

Along my years as a Pentax fan, I have owned: ME Super, Super A, MX (still have), Z1 and Z1P; Takumar Fish Eye 17; K 18 f/3,5; A 24 f/2,8; K 28 Shift; M 40 f/2,8 (still have); FA 50 f/1,4; Takumar Macro 100 f/4, M macro 100 f/4, Bellow 100 f/4; F 300 f/4,5 (still have); A 35~200 f/4~5,6; FA 28~70 f/4; F 70~210 f/4~5,6 (a gem, I miss it badly).

As I said, I am waiting to buy the K10D, along the future 16~50 f/2,8, a flash and remote, plus a big close up lenses from some other manifacturer since Pentax doesn't have one.

vievetrick · 12-06-2006, 07:54 AM

welcome and can't wait to see some shots with your new K10

slip · 12-06-2006, 08:43 AM

Welcome from Canada!
good to meet you, looking forward to some photos from Italy.
Sounds like the k10 is going to shine with all those lenses you have

cheers

randy

clarenceclose · 12-06-2006, 09:48 AM

Ouch! Did I read you right. You sold almost all your gear which includes lenses? That has got to hurt considering you are looking into a purchase of the K10D. Tell us it isn't so.

Most welcome and we all look forward to some excellent shots.

JCSullivan · 12-06-2006, 03:07 PM

Benvenuto. Ci sono almeno due altri da Italia
Welcome - there is at least two others from Italy

bdavis · 12-06-2006, 06:08 PM

Ooh, I can't imagine selling all that gear to go to a Coolpix.

Welcome back to pentax!

eurostar · 12-07-2006, 03:05 AM

You read right, I sold all of my gear, the only lenses I still have are the 40 and the 300.

And, yes, I too can't believe (now) that I sold all of that to the Coolpix. But back to those days, there was not an affordable digital Pentax comparable to the Coolpix 5700, and in the first year I owned it, I did more pictures than the previous five years with film on Pentax.

But, luckily, now the Pentax camera of my dreams does exists, and whenever I will see it here in Italy I will buy one. Then I will have to wait for the 16-50!

clarenceclose · 12-07-2006, 08:55 AM

I can somewhat relate. I didn't sell my equipment but, as with you, the first year I had digital I also shot more than the previous 5 years. Well, onwards and upwards. Looks like you still have a potent 300 lense to work with.

12-06-2006, 07:36 AM	#1
eurostar Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Albareto, Italy Photos: Gallery Posts: 819	Hi from Italy Hi to all, I have just subscribed to the forum after a few year absence from the Pentax world. I have been a Pentax user since 1982 up to three years a go, when I sold nearly all my gear to switch to a Coolpix 5700. Now I am waiting to buy a K10D, to return to a camera world I sorely missed. Along my years as a Pentax fan, I have owned: ME Super, Super A, MX (still have), Z1 and Z1P; Takumar Fish Eye 17; K 18 f/3,5; A 24 f/2,8; K 28 Shift; M 40 f/2,8 (still have); FA 50 f/1,4; Takumar Macro 100 f/4, M macro 100 f/4, Bellow 100 f/4; F 300 f/4,5 (still have); A 35~200 f/4~5,6; FA 28~70 f/4; F 70~210 f/4~5,6 (a gem, I miss it badly). As I said, I am waiting to buy the K10D, along the future 16~50 f/2,8, a flash and remote, plus a big close up lenses from some other manifacturer since Pentax doesn't have one.

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12-06-2006, 07:54 AM	#2
vievetrick Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Easthampton - Massachusetts - USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,183	welcome and can't wait to see some shots with your new K10

12-06-2006, 08:43 AM	#3
slip Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 2 hours north of toronto ontario canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,535	Welcome from Canada! good to meet you, looking forward to some photos from Italy. Sounds like the k10 is going to shine with all those lenses you have cheers randy

12-06-2006, 09:48 AM	#4
clarenceclose Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pocatello, Idaho Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,506	Ouch! Did I read you right. You sold almost all your gear which includes lenses? That has got to hurt considering you are looking into a purchase of the K10D. Tell us it isn't so. Most welcome and we all look forward to some excellent shots.

12-06-2006, 03:07 PM	#5
JCSullivan Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Windsor, Canada Posts: 3,056	Benvenuto. Ci sono almeno due altri da Italia Welcome - there is at least two others from Italy

12-06-2006, 06:08 PM	#6
bdavis Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: 'Burque, NM Posts: 309	Ooh, I can't imagine selling all that gear to go to a Coolpix. Welcome back to pentax!

12-07-2006, 03:05 AM	#7
eurostar Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Albareto, Italy Photos: Gallery Posts: 819 Original Poster	You read right, I sold all of my gear, the only lenses I still have are the 40 and the 300. And, yes, I too can't believe (now) that I sold all of that to the Coolpix. But back to those days, there was not an affordable digital Pentax comparable to the Coolpix 5700, and in the first year I owned it, I did more pictures than the previous five years with film on Pentax. But, luckily, now the Pentax camera of my dreams does exists, and whenever I will see it here in Italy I will buy one. Then I will have to wait for the 16-50!

12-07-2006, 08:55 AM	#8
clarenceclose Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pocatello, Idaho Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,506	I can somewhat relate. I didn't sell my equipment but, as with you, the first year I had digital I also shot more than the previous 5 years. Well, onwards and upwards. Looks like you still have a potent 300 lense to work with.