Wow, Excellent score, Ann. I'd love an old Nikkormat. Their lovely cameras. Congrats on your new baby! <vbg>
cheers, frank Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Told a few of you about my treasure privately - > but going public now with my dirty little secret.. > > BOught a Tamrac gear bag for $29.99 - it had stuff > in it. I said "$29.99 for everything?" > Salesgirl said yes... and she knew it had stuff in > it because she had to lift it out of the > display case. I peaked but did not examine the > contents in the store. > > Well, I sold the bag itself on ebay for $40.00, > the NIKON close up lenses No 0 and 2 are up there > now with the starting bid of $14.99 on it already > and I just listed two 52mm threaded filters > (UV and 82-A) . But I'm keeping for my self the > really treasure. a Nikkormat FT with 50, 135,28mm > > lenses, leather case for the camera, flash > attachment, cable release, nikon polarizer. My LX > is > not functioning well these days, my KX is limping > a bit, too, and the funds for tuning them > up do not exist. Hope you guys won't kick me off > the list for adoring my new treasure. > > One problem is getting used to the way one needs > to change lenses and set ASA - > I took it to Photo-tech and got the basic skinny > on it but remembering to change > the ASA line-up when you change from the 50 to the > 135 and doing it quickly is a bit > of an annoyance. But this 30 odd year old manual > camera "takes good pictures" though > I may break a wrist holding it. The base plate > has a small dent in it, otherwise it is > in perfect shape. I'm so lucky that camera's like > these are regarded as "junk" by > the pricers at thrift stores. Now if I could only > find another LX....:) > > as the filters can certainly be used on OUR > cameras, here are the item numbers > on ebay. The filters have metal rims, anyone know > WHAT metal? I'm not sure > what to call the blue tinted ring of the Tiffen. > > 2944125895 > (for the tiffen 82-a) > > 2944127429 > (for the Nikkormat UV ) > > annsan -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
