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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
05-04-2013, 09:28 AM
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I think I'd like to retake an awful lot of shots like that. What was that Ivory Soap percentage???? ;)
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
05-04-2013, 08:15 AM
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I'm going to stick my scrawny old neck out here. Those who talk about only the Limited lenses being good enough for serious use remind me far too much of Canikon people who sneer at Pentax.
My kit is what I could afford. I even swapped a DA* 50-135 for a DA-L 55-300 after the SDM failed for the third time. I don't like the slow aperture much, and the AF speed is slower than my manual focus ability, but my biggest problem the lack of quick shift when I do have it in AF.
One of my favourite photos on the wall is a black and white 8x10 of the HMS Bounty replica that recently sank in a hurricane. It was taken with a first model Pentax (25-50-200 shutter sequence) bought out of a pawn shop and a Takumar 135/3.5 preset lens (coatings? what coatings? even worse I had a No 2 orange filter on it!) taken when the ship was on its world tour, entering Vancouver harbour. 2nd prize in MGM's Bounty photo contest B&W division. It wasn't the equipment that counted, it was being in the right place at the right time and pushing the shutter release at exactly the right moment. This still counts, and is still the criterion that gets the good shots.
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