Paul,
SOrry to hear that you are leaving the list. GOod luck on your freelance
essay writing and do spent that extra valuable time with the family.
You can also sent a that PDF file too.
Hope that you will drop by occasionally.
Evan Dong
On Fri, 25 May 2001 11:55:23 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> It's been a thrilling few months, but I'm afraid that my
> participation in
> three camera-related lists has taken me away from freelance essay
> writing
> (spell-checked, unlike my postings) and my wife and girls. WIth my
> lens
> collection complete, I am quitting all the list (and two others:
> rangefinders and streetshooting) so that I can reclaim a life, and
> my
> family can reclaim me.
>
> These months have given me the chance to return in kind the help
> that I
> received when building my SLR kit, with its collection of some 17
> lenses.
> Until recently, I shot only candid and slice-of-life people shots.
> Thanks
> to this list, I've been able to expand my vistas to include friends'
> weddings, indoor and outdoor sports, indoor theater, and even a bit
> of
> nature and macro photography.
>
> On another front, I recently had the chance to begin mentoring a
> budding
> photographer. I was at an exhibition of middle-school art, when the
> art
> teacher's 16-year-old daughter inquired about the Pentax SLR hanging
> from
> my neck. "Last year my father gave me his old MX," she told me, "and
> ever
> since, I've been studying photography."
>
> "You're kidding!" I exclaimed. "I've been looking for someone like
> you.
> I've amasses a large set of world-class fast lenses, and I'll never
> use
> most of them as often as they deserve to be used. I'd love to lend
> them to
> you, 3 or 4 at a time. You could see how the focal length suits you.
> And
> with lenses of this quality, you'll see how good your photos can be.
> Are
> you interested?"
>
> "Really? Of course!"
>
> A week later, she and her mother came by, and the girl spent a good
> hour
> trying out different lenses, finally leaving with my Carl Zeiss Jena
> 20/2.8, Pentax SMC 24/2.8, Pentax SMC 35/2M, and Pentax SMC
> 105/2.8K.
>
> I also lent her a few collections of photographs taken by
> photojournalists,
> her favorite genre and mine. Also, I gave her an entry form for the
> photography contest being held by our county library system.
>
> She'll be trading the original lenses and books for new choices this
> weekend.
>
> I have spent probably hundreds of hours collecting opinions,
> ratings,
> prices, and facts and figures about Pentax and Pentax-compatible
> 35mm
> lenses. It would be a pity if my 11x17-inch chart--now 78 pages
> long--would
> no longer be of use to anyone. If anyone is interested in having a
> copy in
> PDF, I'll be glad to email it to you (not spell-checked or cleaned
> up in
> about 18 months!).
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Paul Franklin Stregevsky, Technical Writer
> NEC America, Inc.
> Mail Stop VA-4610
> 14040 Park Center Rd.
> Herndon, VA 20171-3227
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> W: (703) 834-4648
>
> H: (301) 349-5243
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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