[Damon]

Hello, all you lovely Pentaxians! I look forward to joining this great forum, especially since I have recently decided to step up and purchase myself a Pentax K-5! I'm a reasonably new photographer but I really love learning about all that photography has to offer as it is all so interesting and exciting!

Anyway, I will be thrilled to be accepted into this great community and can't wait to learn from you all!

Regards,
Damon.

[Tonto]

Cool, where from? Alot of existing Pentax users in NZ and quite a few on the Forum, not many new ones manly due to not many stores stocking new Pentax product.
I'm a Wellingtonian myself although I live in Sydney at this point of time but go home often.

[Damon]

I'm from Nelson and currently living here but in a couple of weeks I will be moving to Dunedin for University, which will probably be where I start my adventure with photography although that isn't at all what I am studying haha.

[Tonto]

Nice, excellent camera to get started with, I'm very envious!!- Recommend to get some old glass and even an old film body, it really helps with leaning the fundamentals.

[Damon]

I've been lucky enough to have been able to borrow a 1000D for the past couple of months which has been great. I am really interested to get my hands on an old 50mm that is in good condition, even if I had to purchase a M42 to Pentax K thread (probably wouldn't be able to afford a new one, being a poor student and all, but I really don't mind not having AF and all that jazz, it just means more adventure and learning), I'm sure they still produce nice images and would be a lot of fun. My father is actually currently working in your windy home city, haha.

[eskimogus]

hi everyone !
New to the group