PENTAXIAN PROFILES: Bong Manayon

One of the very first Pentaxians I have met is Bong Manayon. He was with Joey Reyes and Mau Carillo in Hidalgo, Quiapo that fateful day. Here is a one on one interview with the man himself… recorded as episode 1 of my Pinoy Photography Podcast.

http://pinoyphotopodcast.podomatic.com/entry/2008-11-02T18_07_20-08_00

Listen up and hit me with comments! I’m planning to revive this podcast project of mine…

A Flood of used Pentax Gear

There’s so many stuff on sale in various sites right now!

http://www.tipidpc.com — so many lenses and bodies! m50 1.7, da16-45, sigma 10-20, da40limited, k20, k7… and the list goes on! If you are just a starting Pentaxian, You’re very lucky indeed! All the lenses and bodies you need, you can find right here! And with negotiable prices to boot!

http://www.sulit.com.ph — some sellers in http://www.tipidpc.com (TPC) also sell in http://www.sulit.com.ph (sulit), but some don’t. Gems are just waiting to be found!

Also yesterday was Pentax Mailing List For Sale Friday — if you are a member of the Pinoy Pentaxian mailing list, probably you received for sale notices… sigma 18-50, vivitar 285hv, mz-5

Ah, if I only had extra cash…

K10d + DA* 50-135 f2.8 + DA 35mm f2.4 AL

I am recently trying shoot exclusively with my K10d _da*50-135 and da35 f2.4 combo. Even though the combination makes for a heavy bag (k10d with grip and extra batt) I certainly am happy with the results I am getting.

Plus the “Wow, ampogi ng gamit mo…” comments I get from other photogs, priceless. Hehehe. What can I say, iba talaga PENTAX.

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I’m just waiting for an opportunity to shoot in the rain… I wonder how that feels like.

Pentax Obsession

What can i say? I think I am really obsessed with Pentax. Everytime I log on to the net, the first thing I do is look for Pentax lenses on sale, Pentax articles, Pentax photos. I do it even before I check my email, social networking site updates… Why?

In the past few weeks, I have had Pentax lenses and bodies (film and digital) come and go through my hands and still i have yet to finish my mission, complete the SMC Pentax M series primes. So far, these are what I have:

 

 

 

Thats the some 28’s (2.8, 3.5), 35 2.8, 50’s (1.4, 2.0, f4 macro), 85 f2, 100 f2.8, 135 f3.5, 150 f3.5, 200 f4, an MX and a KM. My all-mechanical family.

 

I know I wont be shooting with all of them anytime soon, except maybe for the 50s and 85 or 100. But having them and seeing them together brings unexplained happiness to me! Aside from that, I enjoy immensely the thrill of hunting for them. Oh, Pentax, what have you done to me?

Thank God these lenses are not so darn expensive. Just hard to find.