Mr Darma

I was just about to pull the trigger on a FF monster Mpixel camera...and then I saw this gallery. Now I'm equivocating......

Best prime is the Pentax 85mm f/1.4 (suffixes), unmentioned.

Maybe there is a genius or two out there who could make good use of this camera. Otherwise it's an insane move to limit functionality to black and white only....the sample gallery is decidedly...

There is no accounting for taste. I love this shot and I thought sure it would be at or near the top. I think a lot of the folks who vote in these exercises are kids.

Placed 45^th in the challenge.

Placed 96^th in the challenge. Vassar College

Placed 43^rd in the challenge. I wish I could be so sure. Poughkeepsie, NY

Placed 1^st in the challenge.

Nonsense. The site is still posting Notify when available.

Forget about the race bit. If ever a Challenge description came across as somewhat supercilious, yours was it...at least in this case. Just saying.....

I am still mainly a Pentax guy and have most of their film cameras and many of their PK lenses. A friend lent me the use of his FE with a 35mm f/2 Ai lens. I shot one roll of B&W with it and within...

True. Of the 12 US patents I own or jointly own, only one, which was shared with one other inventor, was used in a product. The others are just out there. Maybe a couple were used for protection....