I use the 40/2.8 as a street lens with an MX, when I have to put my camera in my pocket. I also use it in social situations where I want to be inconspicuous. I took it to a dinner at a friends house a couple of weeks ago, along with a roll of T-Max 400. (That happened to be the fastest film I had with me at the time.) I shot some very low light stuff of his wife and baby wide open at a 15th, rating the film at 1600. It looks good. I've become quite fond of that little lens. Paul
T Rittenhouse wrote: > Since nobody seems interested in the lenses I offered for sale or trade, I > got to thinking that the M40/2.8 would make a great street lens. It is about > the right focal length, and its compact profile ought to make a > non-threatening package to walk around snapping pics of the uptown yuppies > (being poor, I take pics of people with money, it is all a matter of > viewpoint). Anyway, I pulled into a parking structure uptown, and lowered > the window of my old S-10 Blazer to take a ticket. Unfortunately it went > down with no problem. That was unfortunate because it wouldn't go back up. I > tried to get it up for awhile, gave up, and went home. I ain't going to > leave my truck with the window down around there you can't trust those > working people.. > > So it is your fault, if one of your had bought or traded for the 40mm, I > wouldn't currently be in the middle of replacing the window lift motor in my > truck, waiting for the cordless drill battery to charge. And, to make it > worse I didn't get to try the 40 as a street lens. > > You guys just aren't supportive at all. <GRIN> > > Ciao, > Graywolf > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
