AlexG wrote: > LBA test! If you answer yes to 2 or more of these, you have LBA, > > 1. Have you ever searched eBay for the words "Super Takumar" and > filtered it for those auctions that are only "Buy It Now"? (Try it > now) > > Yes. I hate auctions and would rather overpay for a BIN than wait six days only to be sniped. > 2. Do you compulsively look into the used lens section at camera shops > or KEH for anything that could remotely fit on a Pentax camera? Even > though you already have the focal range of 15mm to 300mm covered with > your present lenses? > > Yes. > 3. If someone says they have a 50mm Pentax lens, do you question them > further to find out exactly which version it is, and depending on the > answer, do you get smug or jealous? > > > No. I definitely like to talk to shop and pass lenses around, but I don't think I've ever been genuinely smug or jealous. > 4. Have you purchased more than 3 of the Limited lenses? > > No. > 5. Have you ever put your lenses in a display case? > > No. They live in camera bags with throw-away desiccants or on my desk. > 6. Have you ever hidden receipts because "no one else needs to know > how much I paid for it"...? > > No. She'll start asking questions when the rent check bounces, anyway. > 7. Have you ever felt pride in getting a lens for under market value > and set that as your new "threshold to break"? For example, you pick > up an SMC-M 28mm lens for $15 bucks, and now you're on the look out > for grabbing anything for under $15 that could qualify as "a better > deal"...? > > > Who doesn't like a good deal? > > 8. Have you ever drawn up a short list for which lenses to bring on a > trip and then thrown in some extras "just in case"...? > > > No. But I should. The right lens is always the one I left behind. > 9. Have you ever stalked a lens on the internet, by researching it > tirelessly for days by looking for sample shots, qualified reviews, > tests, etc., and this lens pre-dates the internet? > > > Yes. And I found the b*#&$, too. Just couldn't afford her. > 10. Did you pre-order a DA* lens and get giddy just thinking about its > arrival this summer? > > > No.
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