I started with my Dad's 60s S3 which I still have.
In 1983 I purchased a Super A from Hong Kong which I got rid off a little while ago. Stunning camera. The only lens I kept from that I had purchased circa 1984 .. Again Hong Kong. Rarely do you have a shop assistance mistake, particularly in HK back then. I asked for a Sigma 70-200 to look at. I was given what seemed a very different type of lens to anything I'd held before ... Very heavy with a solid leather case and fast.
I loved it and was surprised to see it being sold for circa £150-200.
I purchased the lens.
On returning to the UK, I went to the London camera show. At a Pentax stand I met a rep that expressed some surprise (the lens was on my SuperA around my neck. He asked me first if it was a series III. I showed him then lens. He told me that it wasn't supposed to be available in the UK and in a few months when released it was expected to be sold at >£500.
Left me very happy. The HK guy had handed me the wrong lens.
It is stunning. I used a lot on the K10d and wouldn't get rid of it. Images very sharp ...
Interesting story.
I started with my Dad's 60s S3 which I still have.
In 1983 I purchased a Super A from Hong Kong which I got rid off a little while ago. Stunning camera. The only lens I kept from that I had purchased circa 1984 .. Again Hong Kong. Rarely do you have a shop assistance mistake, particularly in HK back then. I asked for a Sigma 70-200 to look at. I was given what seemed a very different type of lens to anything I'd held before ... Very heavy with a solid leather case and fast.
I loved it and was surprised to see it being sold for circa £150-200.
I purchased the lens.
On returning to the UK, I went to the London camera show. At a Pentax stand I met a rep that expressed some surprise (the lens was on my SuperA around my neck. He asked me first if it was a series III. I showed him then lens. He told me that it wasn't supposed to be available in the UK and in a few months when released it was expected to be sold at >£500.
Left me very happy. The HK guy had handed me the wrong lens.
It is stunning. I used a lot on the K10d and wouldn't get rid of it. Images very sharp ...
Did you ever get one yourself.
Paul