At 05:26 PM 12/20/2002 +0800, Albert wrote:
My friend is about to take a B&W photo class as part of her being an art
major... Same thing happened with my ex-gf, the teachers recommend a used
Pentax MF as THE camera to have for the class..
As far as "Bang for the buck" I don't see how my Om1n can be beat.. What
am I missing here that the photo teachers know or don't know or conspire??
I would think an Om1+50mm/f1.8 is the cats meow..
..
The Pentax is as small as the OM. The Pentax K mount is probably the most
popular bayonet lensmount out there, at least before Nikon and Cannon
completely taking over the photo world. The K1000 was cheap, cheap, and
cheap. Remember the OM-1 is supposed for professional who didn't want to
lug around a 2 lbs Nikon F (Hmmm... may history repeat itself with the 4/3
system!) whereas the K1000 was designed to be, cheap, for students.
Of course there is also a cult of the Takumar lens of old, but I don't know
how much that follows to the Pentax SLR line. Many have said that the
Takumar are some of the best lens ever made, and that includes the Leica
and Zeiss.
// richard <http://www.imagecraft.com>
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