I shoot for myself, have the time, and have become accustomed to LF quality. It no longer looks "awesome" to me, it has become "normal". Everything smaller unfortunately has become "crappy", and 35mm "really crappy"....Oh well... JCO
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Screw mount Pentax Values I have some large format equipment, but I rarely use it. As I spend more of my time shooting stock and magazine work, I find that I'm moving more and more to practical solutions. The turning point was when a very successful part time pro told me, "You have to decide if you're a fondler or a shooter." I guess for now at least, I'm a shooter. By the way the same local pro showed me that in many cases it was possible to res up the digital images to get the high quality 40 meg files that the stock house requires. That convinced me that digital was a good solution for some of the things I shoot. Of course 6x7 is still required in some cases. I'll have to experiment with the digital for a while to see where I can use it and where I can't. On Jan 21, 2004, at 10:12 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > I sold a near complete set of takumars from 17mm thru 200m > a few months ago on ebay and got great prices, over $2000 > total. But why not, they are great lenses and I KEPT > my FULLY complete set from 15mm thru 1000mm. I have way too > much attachment to these to ever sell them! > > P.S. I didnt buy a *istD with the money either, just way more > large format stuff including a beautiful Eastman Folding > 8X10 and a few lenses..... > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 9:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Screw mount Pentax Values > > > I'm happy to say that Pentax screw mount hardware seems to be holding > it's own. I've sold just a few lenses and one body and now have enough > for an* ist D. For example the Spotmatic Motor Drive camera went for > $375. The 17/4 Fisheye Takumar went for 247. 50, and the 135/2.5 SMC > Tak (early version) went for $140. >
