Re: Simonturnpike ford

["Gene F. Rhodes" <GFRhodes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Sir Simon,
I'm through buying lenses Sir.  Boy do I learn fast, I understood every
word
you wrote, or did you humor me ?  I've spent so much time building I
haven't
got around to learning taking yet. Sorry to disappoint you about my
brilliance
because I really do live behind Turnpike Ford. HA !
Gene

Simon Nathan wrote:

> dear gene-since you already have screw mount pentax 17mm lens, or did
> they later make it k-mount?, look around for the screw mount 15 well
> corrected, straight lines
> 15mm. it came two ways. first version has aspheric construction. then
> then cheapened it without lowering the price. look at 35mm  fish eye
> for pentax 6x7 as a lens you can take a slice from the middle. years
> ago an independent japanese lens mfg made drawings for fisheye to
> cover full panel 4x5 but felt there was little market. your examples
> shown in pictures of turnpike ford are excellent because they show
> same subject treated with different panoramic approaches. jazz it up
> by including minolta with panoramic insert and even disposable single
> use panoramics. heck, we shall all regard you as "the world's leading
> authority" without designating your category. simon says. if 35mm is
> sufficient for your panoramic work put 24-50 on minolta body as a
> training camera or precise  framer for other than turnpike ford
> wherein you are showing differences in taking techniques. i thought
> the name t.p.f. . showed sheer brilliance. how did you ever come up
> with that? signed-simon--

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