On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 07:48:03PM +0000, [email protected] wrote: > Ya, ya, I know it???s been done a million times.\ > But I wanted to add a comparative twist to it. > > What has been your > > (a) Favorite 35mm camera
Generally the one I was using at the time, starting from my first 35mm, and progressing (via the Spotmatic II I purchased with my first paycheque) through a range of K-mount gear. But over the years I generally carried the first of those K-mounts, my trusty old MX, in my camera bag as a second camera (at least until I had a PZ-1p, an MZ-S, and a stable of AF lenses), so that's probably the camera I am most attached to. In fact I picked up a second MX as insurance just to be sure I'd always have an MX available. > (b) The sharpest 35mm you ever used I haven't the faintest idea. I've rarely found the technical quality of the equipment to be the limiting factor in what kind of image I was able to produce (except for, occasionally, the film speed/sensor sensitivity). > (c) Why you stuck with Pentax Because until recently there was no compelling reason to switch brands, and certainly nothing to make the cost of doing so something I'd consider. But, as most people here probably know, a year ago I found the weight of the camera bag I was lugging around was getting to be burdensome, and so I downsized to a Micro four thirds (Olympus) system. Even with two lenses which between them cover a wider range than the triple of DA* lenses that I typically carried my camera bag weighs well under half what it used to. But I've still got that bag full of Pentax gear all ready to put in the car as a backup. In fact I checked the battery charge only a few days ago and found that despite not having even been turned on for over a year the charge indicator still reads 100% -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
