Hello to all from a lifelong Pentax fan......

2 posts
12 years

Posted 24/11/2013 - 00:24 Link

I've just found this site, and decided that since my collection of cameras and lenses seems to keep growing and growing, and my focus is Pentax (pun intended), that I would join. I've been interested in Pentaxes since I was a kid - my dad's one and only camera was a Spotmatic, and my mom used an ESII. A few years back, I got bit by the collecting bug, and I began to acquire vintage cameras. I picked up an original AP "S" with a 55mm, along with a Tessina L at a thrift store. I found a Voigtlander Bessa II with the Heliar, a Kodak Stereo, two or three Olympus XAs (one is the XA4 with the Macro), and a Rollei 35 T and an S. I also seemed to run into a fair number of Pentax lenses. The best "find" was a camera bag at a thrift store that had a bunch of Pentax glass in it - and I had no idea of what I was buying when I shelled out the 50 bucks for them. The collection included an 85mm 1.8, a 14mm SMC Fisheye, and a 50mm F4 Macro. The 58mm F2 Sonnar, 100mm F4 Macro and 50mm 1.4 were all pretty good catches too. My lens collection keeps growing and growing, and I picked up a K-01 to put them to use. Last week I found a 400mm 5.6 M series, so now I guess I have to find some birds that will hold still long enough to catch them in photos. I do have some lenses that I would be willing to part with - not sure if thats ok on these forums, and where it would be appropriate if its allowed.....Anyways, hi again to all. I hope to be able to learn from all of your wisdom.