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Back to the Future with my Pentax K-7
by John on Sep.06, 2010, under photography
After ordering the Pentax from B&H Photo out of New York, I was thrilled when it showed up here in Canada 48 hours later. Quite fast I thought. I haven’t had a lot of time to test it properly, but I have dug up my old lenses, dusted and cleaned them up to try. Well, what a thrill that turned out to be. After all these years, they work perfect on the K-7. This is my old wedding portraiture rig. A Pentax 50 mm f 1.7, Tamron sp 90 mm f 2.5 ( best lens ever made I think ) and a Sigma 135 mm f 2.8. These 3 lenses made me quite a bit of money over the years and I missed them. All manual focus prime lenses. Zoom lenses were fun then but just not quite as sharp and reliable. I was worried about the manual focus and my vision as I’m in my mid 40’s now, but the K-7 has a “capture on focus” function. Just hold your finger down on the shutter button and focus. When it’s focused, it takes the shot. Really cool! I think my point here is, the K-7 has put me back in the comfort zone. I even packed my camera bag like I did when I was going on a shoot 15 years ago!
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September 7th, 2010 on 6:12 am
Wow, that sounds pretty awesome. I’d love to see a pic you’ve taken with that new camera…
September 7th, 2010 on 8:47 am
John,
Thank you for your kind mention of B&H Photo. On behalf of all of us at B&H Photo, please accept our warm thanks and deep gratitude for your patronage. We look forward to earning your trust and continued business for many years to come. I invite you and your readers to check out our new informative and entertaining blog at http://www.bhinsights.com
Hershel K. Waldner
Supervisor,
Online Marketing Department
B&H Photo-Video-Audio
212-239-7500 ext. 2893
September 7th, 2010 on 2:35 pm
Hey Steph. To be honest, I haven’t even plugged it into my computer yet! I’ll post something tomorrow at some point. I’ve just been having to much fun playing with it! Hope you had a great weekend and talk soon.
JJ
September 7th, 2010 on 2:51 pm
Hi Hershel.
I was very happy with your service. That kit was $1300.00 before tax in Toronto. I saved about $200.00 ordering from you guys at B&H Photo. I’ll be ordering a few more things from you on Fri.
Thanks again
John