I agree with your comments on the list. Very helpful and educational with a
sprinkle of good entertainment thrown in for good measure.
As to exchange rates. Your comments on exchange rates and all brought to mind
that it took nearly 1.5 USD purchase 1 AUD back in the mid seventies as I began
a decade-long visit to Oz.
Otis Wright
Jon Hope wrote:
> At 15:28 9/01/01, SETH wrote:
>
> >I'm not saying that these things don't merit discussion. They do.
> >It's just that these questions would be better handled in a
> >different forum. I'm glad this list hasn't degenerated into
> >discussing relative merits of tuna packed in oil vs water, but I'm
> >afraid it's not too far off.
>
> Why do they belong in a different forum?
>
> The beauty of this list is that there are a group of people that have a few
> things in common, namely photography, Pentax equipment, and .. um .. other
> things. If items allowed on this list were to be solely based on Pentax
> equipment, I'd imagine the list would die an agonising death pretty
> quickly, and in the meantime would become a very sterile place.
>
> I have come to appreciate the knowledge that many of the posters here are
> willing to share, on many things, photographic or otherwise. The
> experiences of many people have been shared about, hopefully to the benefit
> of many others.
>
> Another thing that bothers me is that some would like to see the discussion
> of third party lenses to be put off the list. For those of us that don't
> live in the USA, third party lenses usually become a way of life. The cost
> of original Pentax equipment is out of reach of a lot of people, and the
> reputations of some of the third party manufacturers is sometimes a tad
> suspect. Advice about them, from people here is always appreciated.
>
> Just so you know what I am up against, an FA 200mm 1:2.8 can be bought from
> KEH for about USD960. Converted to AUD that is about AUD1700. The same lens
> here is about $3500. An FA 50mm 1:1.4 can be bought in the US for about
> USD179 (AUD 330), here it is about $700. And so it goes on. The cost of the
> third party lenses are almost in line with their cost in the USA, and about
> half the price of the Pentax equivalent. Camera bodies are also roughly the
> same price here as in the US.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jon
>
> There's an AK47 on the dashboard and mercy just left town.
>
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