Funny how the K1000 still sells for more than it did new... (I've seen good used LXs selling for less).
David J Brooks wrote: > I still have my SP500 as well.:-) Also two K1000's,SP, 6x7 and a YM, > film gear, i would like to sell, but, i'm a pack rat and probably > never will. > Maybe i'll sell the istD, now that i have the G3 converted to IR. > > I was at Henrys on Friday and they had three used K1000's in the > display case, all around $289 Canadian > > Dave > > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I tend to hang onto cameras. In all honestly, I should dump most of my >> film cameras. The problem is that I'd keep the nicest one (the Mz-s) >> and then get so little for the others it wouldn't be worth selling. I >> gave my MX and ZX-7 to the Art dept. for photo classes and I kept the >> MZ-S, the Sp500, and the 645. Keeping the SP500 (vs the MX) is >> definitely a sentimental choice but it still works fine and it was my >> first camera. I'm always amazed how intrigued students are by a >> screwmount lens. >> >> >>>>> Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8/10/2008 4:04 PM >>> >>>>> >> Bob, >> >> I have zero brand loyalty and very little sentimentality about >> cameras. I inherited my father's camera too, a fine 1953 Leica IIIf >> kit. He loved it. I found it a pain in the ass to use, and sold it >> after a year or two worth of trying to use it honoring his memory. His >> >> memory remains just as beloved and full of respect without the camera >> >> in my hands. It's all just equipment to do the job I want, which is to >> >> make photographs. I don't know why the insinuation regards marketing >> and advertising. >> >> I shot with Nikon SLRs and Leica RFs for thirty+ years. Had the same >> Nikon kit from 1981 to 2001, plus or minus a lens or body, and had >> mostly the same Leica kit for 13 years too. Why? because it did the >> job I wanted. I tried other 35mm equipment in that same time period to >> >> see what it might offer (Olympus and Contax) but always went back to >> the Nikon/Leica gear. I also shot subminiature and a lot of medium >> format ... not because of someone's advertising but because I like the >> >> formats. >> >> Digital capture was essentially new in 2002 for me. The cameras were >> an unknown and I needed to experiment to find out what suited me >> purposes, felt good in my use, and produced the goods. >> >> BTW: The Pentax kit is for sale. I've only made 120 exposures with the >> >> Pentax gear in the last 8 months. I'm happier and getting better >> results working with the other gear I have acquired ... that's all >> that matters to me. The equipment is transitory, I don't fall in love >> >> with objects. >> >> What you do is up to your own discretion. I don't disparage it, but I >> >> also don't participate in your emotional attachments to equipment. >> >> Godfrey >> >> >> >> On Aug 10, 2008, at 12:18 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> >> >>> Godfrey, >>> >>> I still have all my Pentax equipment - ME, Super Program, PZ-1, >>> *istDS, & K10D, plus the K20D I'm shooting now. Space is no problem >>> and their monitary value at end of life was easily eclipsed by their >>> sentimental value and how it feels to shoot with them. I've got my >>> dad's Retina IIIc too, the 1st 35mm I borrowed. Who could sell >>> >> these >> >>> old friends. >>> >>> Maybe if I bought camera after camera after camera looking for that >>> special something they market in their advertising, I would have >>> >> owned >> >>> more and cycled thru things like you. I think the photographer has >>> more to do with the image than the camera or lens. >>> >>> Regards, Bob S. >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I use any camera I have. For ones I'm relying upon for my work, I >>>> have >>>> two identical bodies. >>>> >>>> When I stop using a camera, I sell it. Same for lenses. Absolutely >>>> >> no >> >>>> point for me to keep equipment taking up space in the closet that >>>> >> I'm >> >>>> not using. >>>> >>>> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> !SIG:489f4e8737576241710186! >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> > > > > -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
