If you enjoy compensating for parallax and not being able to line up polarizer filters with a TLR, that just leaves more equipment for me to buy.
OK so today someone asked me if my car was a porche carrera turbo... I said it was a hasselblad.
got a weird look as I peeled out.
I'm propagating the name!
Kah stannnnn zah!
hahahahahahhahahahaha
I attempted to explain to her that it was a PENTAX
LOL. Anyone interested in a bumper sticker that says, "My Other Car is a Hasselblad"?
I love when i see Pentax in bold.
You can also explain her that Pentax sold more cameras than Canon, Nikon, and Minolta ... combined.
As you might have gathered I am a Pentaxian, with cameras ranging from my Father's AsahiFlex IIa, the one with slow speeds on the front panel, through the KX, the MX, the ME Super, the K 1000, the LX, the digital K 10d, and the digital K 5. Not to mention a full Pentax 110 SLR kit. I fear that I am becoming a Collector, as I also have a Nikon S2, a Nikonos, a Kiev 4, a Bronica S2a, a Bronica ETRSi, a YashicaMat, an Ikoflex. Good lord, I almost forgot the Contessa 35, the Vitessa L, the Retina IIIc, the Konica IIIa... Someone stop me before I buy again. In my defense, all of these work, save the AsahiFlex. Gotta get it fixed!
No Spotmatics?!
Dear fellow of the Pentax Cult, the joy of AOCo is realized once you dig deeper into the realm of the M42 Takumars...
There is a clean-looking Honeywell Spotmatic IIa on the ePrey being sold by SeattleGoodwill. And with a 50mm 1.8 SMC lens (the incredibly good 50 of that era).Alas, my sin of omission! I must haste to remedy this gap in my GAS! (Gear Accquisition Syndrome) .
Never had the ITAH query but one lovely morning while I was crouched over my Pentax 645n, 120 macro mounted, right angle finder mounted, cable release at the ready, the whole shebang on a focus rack mounted to my low down Manfrotto as I stalked a lovely wild violet my neighbor sang out "Mighty fancy camera, George! Is it a Nikon?" I attempted to explain to her that it was a PENTAX, that Nikon had never made a camera anything like it (to my knowledge) but she was unimpressed. I was truly a voice "crying in the wilderness...."
I have a buddy who is in his 60's. He has an extensive camera collection (Hasselblad, Rolleiflex, Contax, Leica, etc.) but to this day he refuses to own a Nikon. He has nothing against the cameras but he still remembers the Nikon snobs of years ago. I guess they haven't all died out yet.
Oh, one of his favorite cameras is his beloved Pentax 6x7.
There is a clean-looking Honeywell Spotmatic IIa on the ePrey being sold by SeattleGoodwill. And with a 50mm 1.8 SMC lens (the incredibly good 50 of that era).
Hmm...
I can relate to that feeling, not against Nikon, but against another brand, due to the same reason...
Can you really have too many cameras?
Of course you are correct. I have been shooting Bronica SQAI for the last few years, I had to look at the instructions to use the rz. If I was rich, I would have a room fullThat's a good question. Most guys will say no. Most of their wives will say yes.
All kidding aside, a buddy of mine and I discussed this. We came to a conclusion. The problem with owning and using a lot of cameras is that you are not as familiar with each of them as you should be. It's great to pick up a camera and it just feels like an extension of yourself. If you shoot too many cameras then they don't feel as comfortable as they should feel. Just my 2 cents.
I really don't understand the whole fanboy thing. Every camera has it's advantages and disadvantages.
So you do not understand the concept of jocular?
No Spotmatics?!
Dear fellow of the Pentax Cult, the joy of AOCo is realized once you dig deeper into the realm of the M42 Takumars...
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