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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-07-2018, 03:10 PM
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My LBA started when I finally went from Film to Digital. My initial lenses were simply to build a nice , supposedly inexpensive kit , to adorn my Pentax K-30.
Somehow it snowballed into M42 series , Smc-A , Smc-K , "F" series , and various 3rd party lens kits , such as Sears and Ricoh.
I was always after the overlooked and underrated lenses.
I spent over $5500 (attested to by detailed Buy/Sell records) total in 5 years , and at this present time have bought/sold over 170 lenses.
The problem was that I was spending all my funds on collecting , rather than getting out and shooting , and enjoying Photography.
I decided at some point I wanted to get out more and shoot , and Re-start my entire plan and direction.
Slowly my "KIT" shrank to 80 lenses …... then 62 …...slowly to 45 ......and now its only at 19 lenses and quite manageable in both direction and reason.
I kept what I felt I actually "needed" and still within a small series collection such as "A" , "K" , and Ricoh Rikenon series.
I also bought 3 very recent Pentax "Modern" lenses , to enhance my shooting experience and get with the times so to say.
The nice "After Effect" of selling off lenses was 2 funded trips this fall including a once in a lifetime trip to the Grand Canyon/Colorado River raft trip in October for 12 days !:D
What used to reside in a entire dresser FULL of cameras , lenses , Bodies , and gear …...now is neatly tucked away in 3 small photography bags ready at a moments notice !
I have 3 systems now...Full Frame , Aps-c , and Film covered nicely !:D
Over are the days of LBA and Collecting...... and the endless circle of confusion !:D
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