well, the P5 is quite an interesting camera with the drawbacks listed by Brian below. The 50mm in question looks like either a K or M 50mm, and the price is rather interesting - a clean one in BR goes somewhere between $70 and $130.
I'd rather an A/ FA 50mm myself, actually. I'm quite happy with my m50 1.7, but sometimes being able to work in auto aperture would be very interesting. Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br http://www.techmit.com.br/luizfelipe History goes... On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:53 -0800, "Larry Colen" <lrc at red4est.com> wrote: > Saw this ad on craigslist: > http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/pho/2144182087.html > $30 for P5, m50/1.7, Rikenon 35-70mm 1:3.5-4.5, and a small flash > > I expect that the zoom isn't really worth anything, and the 50/1.7 is > probably worth the $30. Well, the 50 1.7 is certainly worth $30, if it's in good nick. I liked the P5 (P50 here). It was my workhorse camera for quite a few years in the 1980s/90s. I always liked the look and feel of it. It had its limitations (no manual setting of ISO; no TTL flash; no manual shutter speed, so without batteries it was cactus) but, for what I was doing with it, those things weren't important to me. I still have it. Cheers Brian -- 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.
