It was fun meeting with the local California Pentax Users, I had a great time.
We met outside the Huntington Library on World Pentax Day, and it so happened to fall on the weekend the Huntington was celebrating Chinese New Years, so there was plenty to see as you can tell from the pictures above.
Forum members in attendance included Ethan (Harmonica2), Kyle (Special K), Harriet (mtngal), Ruben (Roob-N-Boots), Chuck (Chuckp8) and myself Larry (Crewl1) along with Dan (mtngal's hubby.)
On my way out that afternoon I ran into another Pentax user Zachary who didn't know about the meetup but wants to join us for the next one.
One of the highlights of the day was getting to see and try out other lenses that folks brought to share.
Between the group we had pretty much the full line of DA*, Limiteds (both DA and FA), F, and some manual film era lenses.
One of the coolest ones I tried was Ethan's 85soft as well as his 70LTD , along with a few others like Ruben's F28, Kyle's Tammy 70-200, Harriet's FA31 and 77 (wow!) and Chuck's 43 and 60-250.
Thanks everyone for bringing them out, now my LBA is bubbling up again
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After posing for our group photo I had a great time seeing the Huntington as it was my first visit, and along with the Chinese New Year activities made for a great World Pentax Day.
I look forward to the next one, hope more of you/us can make it!
Group with DA21
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Group with FA31
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Group with DA10-17FE
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Chuck
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Harriet
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Kyle
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Watercolor painting
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Dragon dancers
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Tai Chi demo
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Detail of ancient Chinese mirror
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