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I'm Ben, I've been living in New Mexico since July 2008, and I've been shooting Pentax since September 2007. I've turned into a major LBA junkie over the last year or so and just moved up to the K-7 from my previous K20D. I sense a K-x in my future, as well.

I live in Santa Fe and work at Christie's Great Estates, a luxury real estate magazine, where I'm an associate editor and have recently begun doing architectural photography for actual dollars(!).

I'm gradually working my way through Northern New Mexico on photo expeditions, and I'll be helped greatly in this effort when I buy a car that can actually be trusted more than 50 miles from home. I do hope to get to other parts of the American West in the next year or so, since I've never seen any of Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, or Montana, and only a bit of Colorado.

Hi!

Hey, Ben, cool that you started a group for us!

I'm actually in Santa Fe now and have been carrying the camera around for the last four days. Alas, no real photo opportunities as this is more of a shopping (therapy) trip than anything else. However, we're planning another trip for a few weeks from now, and for that trip photography is going to be up front!


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I'm Adam. I moved out to NM in 2001. I live a few miles north of the town of Bernalillo. I started shooting Pentax in 2002. Been using an *ist DL since 2006.

I'm John (Janosh). Came here from San Francisco in 94'... Pentax K20D and a couple of primes. My main thing is photography, not equipment...and I photograph in order to make prints (inkjet). Albuquerque/West Side.


If you want to see some incredibly fine B&W inkjet prints (some from the generic Southwest, some from New Mexico's ignored-by-tourists grasslands), go downtown Albuquerque: 516 ARTS — Welcome! ...and the neighboring gallery. Well worth a trip...maybe a mile from the Railrunner station in Albuquerque.


I don't think I've seen better B&W inkjet prints anywhere...few if any better silver prints. I have no connection with these, but I sure do envy the craftsmanship and the NM/Southwest far-remote adventures.

My name is Dan and I've been in New Mexico since 2004, the first two years in Albuquerque and the past three in Tularosa, just north of Alamogordo and near White Sands, Trinity Site, Ruidoso, and Cloudcroft.

I got a K10D in April 2008 and have been hooked since. I now have a K20D and also have a major LBA. I've been trying to stop the habit and spend more time taking pictures and learning the details of processing, but the addiction is hard to break!

What's up guys! Great idea, Ben.



My name is Tyler and I'm actually a 3rd generation New Mexican...Albuquerquean to be exact! I live down in the UNM area. I've been shooting with a Pentax k20d since the summer of this year and I love it. I'm fighting myself to not jump systems because I have a very strong desire for 1080p video....

I'm thinking that we should start a Flickr group too....

I'm new to NM and gotta say I love the weather. Old K1000 user and really enjoyed the K100 and the option of using my assortment of old lenses, now have a K20 and use the K100 as a backup. Recently acquired the DA70. Next purchase a K-x, or a DA40 or 21, or a flash, or a fire sale on a K2000 or......... more indecision. Ken.

1080p will come, Tyler. Not worth jumping systems for, IMO. (And the 720p on my K-7 is quite nice, too.)

deadwolfbones wrote: "I'll be helped greatly in this effort when I buy a car that can actually be trusted more than 50 miles from home. "

Ben,

I'm in this same boat. The car i drive I only trust from my house in Algodones to a maximum of Los Alamos . (Any farther than that... ) Once I get some transportation that I trust, I can really start exploring and capturing this state.

-Adam

I'm Gene, and I've been living in Albuquerque for close to 28 years. I've been a Pentax user for almost a decade longer than that. My current collection includes an MX, LX, 645, K10d, K20d and a couple dozen lenses in K, M, KA, FA , DA and 645 mounts. My latest addition to the family is the DA 15mm.

I just ran into another photographer shooting a K20d at an event at the Marriott Pyramid. If you are on the board, speak up.

I'm Scott.
I live in Albuquerque and have been shooting Pentax since high school, when I received my first K1000 kit for my photo class.

Currently, I use my kit to shoot some occasional weddings, some product photography and fashion for a family business, and for little videos.

I'm interested in getting out with other photographers to do some hiking and photography in the central/northern NM region.

K7 & Ricoh XR-10
16-50mm f/2.8 DA*
50-135mm f/2.8 DA*
24mm f/2 FA*
50mm f/2.8 Pentax-A macro
Voigtlander 58mm f/1.4 Nokton (K-A)
360 FGZ and 540 FGZ
Røde SVM Microphone
plus Hasselblad C/M Kit

Welcome, Scott. Ben is putting together a hike on another thread. I'm game and perhaps you would be as well.

I did it, Ben. I went Canon Hopefully I can still be friends with you guys!

Did you sell your Pentax?

Yep, he did. I saw it on craigslist, in fact.