Very nostalgic Jens. I never sold mine. My Super Program is the most beat up of the lot. Still, it is a favorite. Can't beat that TTL flash. Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Jens <p...@planfoto.dk> wrote: > Thanks, Brian (and others) - I'll go and get some batteries :-) > > I got a very nice (looks like new) Super A for just 27 Euros in Germany - > actually a great country to buy from, that is if you speak German. Because of > the language problems (many Germans are not comfartable with speaking or > writing English) , many Germans normally ship world wide, which means the > items will never go very high at ebay :-) Many international sellers will ask > for 5 times this much :-) > > Now I have allmost re-purchased every Pentax film camera I have ever sold - > MX, ME-super, Super A, Z1p, MZ-S etc. Now I can afford to keep them all :-) > > Regards > Jens > > -- > Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. > > On Jun 15, 2012 15:29 "Brian Walters" <apathy...@lyons-ryan.org> wrote: >> Quoting Jens <p...@planfoto.dk>: >> > I bought an old, used Super A. One of the best Pentax'es I've ever >> > had. >> > But the shutter won't work. The battery is off. SHould it work at >> > 1/125 sec. without the battery?. I can't seem to see this in the >> > manual. >> > Answers are gratefully appreciated. >> > Thanks in advance. >> >> >> It's been years since I used my Super A but I dragged it out, set it >> on 1/125 without batteries and .... nothing. >> >> Found a couple of batteries that still had power, put them in the >> camera and the shutter fired. >> >> So, without batteries, the Super A is toast at any setting. >> >> >> >> -- >> Cheers >> >> Brian >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Brian Walters >> Western Sydney Australia >> http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
