Cotty wrote: > Sounds like you had a good time at Photographica. Out of interest, how > did you manage to hawk your RB67? I presume Peter allowed you a corner of > his stand? Or did you wander around wearing a gaberdeen mac with a large > bulge and whispering, "Oi, Bruce, wanna buy a *real* nice camera, mate?"
Peter very kindly gave me some shelf space in behind that big wooden tripod with the mystery pancake lens (clue: think diameter, not thickness). It wasn't until near the end of the day that someone showed serious interest, it was a young guy who was making his first jump into medium format. He was looking pretty enabled but he wanted to take more of a look around before splashing out so much cash. I was getting pretty anxious by that stage because the thought of carrying that three ton bag of kit back to Bognor wasn't very pleasing. I'd already spent the Saturday afternoon lugging it around Brighton. I didn't expect to see him again because if he was after RB stuff there was some really nice gear on some of the other tables; nice pro-SD models with mint green-C lenses (my beast is the original model, non-C glass; real vintage stuff). The best-looking MF gear in the whole show. Of course if the lenses look mint they probably haven't been used so they've probably got sticky shutters anyway. He came back to me because the people at the other tables were just dealers who had never actually used the system before. He wasn't really familiar with the system so having me show him how it all fits together and works was a real bonus. When he asked me why I'm selling it I had to hold off from saying "I saw the true light of the Brotherhood, the way of the Pentax 6x7" in the enchanted voice. The room was too brightly lit and I wasn't wearing the Pentax robe with its screw-on metal hood and slip-on metal cap (available in black or silver Limited finish). I should have dropped it on the Nikon table, whoops those F5s are a little fragile aren't they... but that wouldn't have impressed the nice girl behind the table (the only reason I bothered going past it... quite a few times). - Dave, who really is behaving himself :) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
