On 2/8/08, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christine Aguila" > Subject: Re: Kodak to sell off film production? > > > > > Still, having said all that. I doubt I'd ever go back to film, though I > > do > > eventually want to buy a used Pentax MX. That was my first SLR, ... > > My first SLR that I really liked was a Nikon F2s. Before that I had used a > Fujica rangefinder, which to this day sits on my desk, and then a Pentax > Spotmatic II, both of which actually belonged to my dad, so at Christmas > time I had to give up the camera for an hour or two, and then my first > camera that I bought for myself, an Olympus OM-1. > The memory of the Nikon stayed with me, and a few years ago, I decided that > I was going to own the system that I wanted when I had that camera. > The original body was long gone, traded for a Bronica ETRs, and then drowned > in a river in Pennsyltucky less than 10 years ago. > I found a nice one in Japan, that is a year newer than my original, and a > cherry 50/1.4. I then added an 85mm and 105mm lens, and the body was shipped > with a 35mm lens attached, > > I've put exactly one roll of film through it.......... > > William Robb >
I've got a very nice F2a with 20/2.8, 35/2 and 85/1.8 lenses. But today was one of the rare days I've actually taken it out, and I didn't shoot more than 3 shots with it. My interest in film is almost entirely larger formats these days. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
