Re: Newbie needs lenses

2001-01-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Tom Brock queried: > I'm in the market for two Pentax > screw-mount lenses: a 28mm and 105mm. > Does anyone have those in good > condition they'd like to sell? J. C. O'Connell (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) just put about 15 or so Super Takumars on eBay. You can check there or write him directly.

Re: Newbie needs lenses

2001-01-03 Thread Robert P. VanNatta
ebay is the world's largest flea market. screw mount stuff is cheap and plentiful there. Prices will be much less than KEH and so are the reputation of the sellers. That said I have purchased perhaps 40 pentax items over ebay in the last 18 months and have never been completely ripped off.

Re: Newbie needs lenses

2001-01-04 Thread Tiger Moses
on ebay, do a search for ales by JCO, a list member here, who buys and sells by the pound! He seems to always have quality looking stuff At 09:15 PM 1/3/2001 -0600, you wrote: >After many, many years I have been bitten by the photo bug again. My old > >(1968) Spotmatic has just been tuned up, an

Re: Newbie needs lenses

2001-01-04 Thread W Keith Mosier
There have been several good responses to your questions. My 2-cents worth, which will probably echo some of the previous comments. Don't purchase from ebay, or any of the other auctions, if the price gets higher than KEH or Charlotte Camera. Don't purchase from auction sites unless there is a p

Re: Newbie needs lenses

2001-01-04 Thread Rodger Whitlock
On 3 Jan 01 at 19:39, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > KEH has an excellent reputation... > Charlotte Camera has a good reputation, too... > I like that you can talk directly to a salesperson who will > describe the item for you. You can do that with KEH, too. I was after the Vivitar 90mm f/2.8 macro

Re: Newbie needs lenses

2001-01-05 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Keith, Some excellent thoughts. I've often, yes, very often, found deals in my local camera store that are much cheaper than ebay or KEH. It just takes a little patience. Collin -- Original Message -- From: "W Keith Mosier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [