I think I may have a problem....
I have been joking about selling a kidney in order to pay for a K-5, but that may not be necessary. I took a little inventory last night and what I found surprised me. I've accumulated a fair amount of stuff in my pursuit of legacy glass for my K200D (and later K-x). A rather SILLY amount of stuff. Even eliminating the stuff that I really want to keep for myself, I seem to have acquired about 22 Pentax bodies, 3 Olympus bodies, 3 Canon bodies, and 1 Minolta body. And then there are the lenses for the above. (I've also got three Yashica rangefinders and a couple of SX-70s along with a few unusual items like a Walz Wide, psuedo rangefinder and a Zeiss Ikon Contessamat.) Nothing terribly valuable individually, but collectively I think I should have little trouble in amassing $1500. I've been sentimentally hanging onto my Mamiya TLR bodies and lenses, and I have special project in mind for them so I will sell them only as a last resort. Suffice it to say that I may be able to keep the area Post Office busy for a while. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- Nothing is sure, except Death and Pentaxes. -- 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.
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I must say, I find some of the value judgments made in this thread to be oddly entertaining and encouraging. I'm also going to use them as motivation. : ) Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- 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.
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LOL. Silly me. On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: > On Nov 16, 2010, at 13:45, CheekyGeek wrote: >> Couple of Super Takumar 55mm f1.0 > > I'll take all of these - unless that's a typo. > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > > -- > 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. > -- Nothing is sure, except Death and Pentaxes. -- 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.
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On Nov 16, 2010, at 13:45, CheekyGeek wrote: > Couple of Super Takumar 55mm f1.0 I'll take all of these - unless that's a typo. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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.
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Only three of his listed bodies are worth more, the OM2S, K1000SE and MX. The OM2S is kinda interesting, but I'm trying not to buy anymore systems after a system sale I did over the summer (Weent from 4 SLR and 2 MF SLR systems to 1 of each, selling off some rather nice glass, especially in Nikon mount), -Adam On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 3:01 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Unfortunately as they are film bodies I wager he averages $30. each for > them. > > On 11/16/2010 1:33 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> >> Wow. 29 SLR bodies? EBay and a K5 beckons. >> >> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 9:43 AM, CheekyGeek wrote: >>> >>> I have been joking about selling a kidney in order to pay for a K-5, >>> but that may not be necessary. I took a little inventory last night >>> and what I found surprised me. I've accumulated a fair amount of stuff >>> in my pursuit of legacy glass for my K200D (and later K-x). A rather >>> SILLY amount of stuff. Even eliminating the stuff that I really want >>> to keep for myself, I seem to have acquired about 22 Pentax bodies, 3 >>> Olympus bodies, 3 Canon bodies, and 1 Minolta body. And then there are >>> the lenses for the above. (I've also got three Yashica rangefinders >>> and a couple of SX-70s along with a few unusual items like a Walz >>> Wide, psuedo rangefinder and a Zeiss Ikon Contessamat.) Nothing >>> terribly valuable individually, but collectively I think I should have >>> little trouble in amassing $1500. I've been sentimentally hanging onto >>> my Mamiya TLR bodies and lenses, and I have special project in mind >>> for them so I will sell them only as a last resort. >>> >>> Suffice it to say that I may be able to keep the area Post Office busy >>> for a while. >>> >>> Darren Addy >>> Kearney, Nebraska >>> >>> -- >>> Nothing is sure, except Death and Pentaxes. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> > > > -- > "His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed > moral bankruptcy." > -Woody Allen > > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
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Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Charles Robinson" Subject: Re: I think I may have a problem On Nov 16, 2010, at 8:43, CheekyGeek wrote: Nothing terribly valuable individually, but collectively I think I should have little trouble in amassing $1500. And this is a problem how? :-) When he actually sees how little it actually sells for ! ;+| -Charles -- 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.
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Unfortunately as they are film bodies I wager he averages $30. each for them. On 11/16/2010 1:33 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Wow. 29 SLR bodies? EBay and a K5 beckons. On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 9:43 AM, CheekyGeek wrote: I have been joking about selling a kidney in order to pay for a K-5, but that may not be necessary. I took a little inventory last night and what I found surprised me. I've accumulated a fair amount of stuff in my pursuit of legacy glass for my K200D (and later K-x). A rather SILLY amount of stuff. Even eliminating the stuff that I really want to keep for myself, I seem to have acquired about 22 Pentax bodies, 3 Olympus bodies, 3 Canon bodies, and 1 Minolta body. And then there are the lenses for the above. (I've also got three Yashica rangefinders and a couple of SX-70s along with a few unusual items like a Walz Wide, psuedo rangefinder and a Zeiss Ikon Contessamat.) Nothing terribly valuable individually, but collectively I think I should have little trouble in amassing $1500. I've been sentimentally hanging onto my Mamiya TLR bodies and lenses, and I have special project in mind for them so I will sell them only as a last resort. Suffice it to say that I may be able to keep the area Post Office busy for a while. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- Nothing is sure, except Death and Pentaxes. -- 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. -- "His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy." -Woody Allen -- 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.
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Oops. Only sent this to Collin. To list... -- Forwarded message -- From: CheekyGeek Date: Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 1:27 PM Subject: Re: I think I may have a problem To: collin.brendemu...@contractor.huntington.com K Bodies: Multiple K1000s - one with a Pentax-A 50mm f2 1 K1000 SE 1 ME 2 ME Supers 2 MX (one nice one with attached winder and M 50mm f1.7) A Super Program Vivitar V335 Screw mount bodies: An H1a An SP500 A Spotmatic Several SPIIs including one with a gorgeous S-M-C 55mm f1.8 in original soft case Sears T•L•S with 55mm f1.4 (Tomioka, I believe) Chinon CE-3 Memotron with winder Practica LTL with Pentacon 50mm f1.8 Pentax lenses Several Pentax-M 50mm f1.7 Couple of Super Takumar 55mm f1.0 Another Pentacon 50mm f1.8 (or two) Promaster 28-70mm f2.8-4.2 Zeiss Ikon Contessamat Canon FD bodies & lenses Canon AV-1 Canon T50 Canon SSC 50mm f1.4 3 Canon 50mm f1.8 Vivitar 100mm f2.8 Albinar ADG 28mm MACRO f2.8 Olympus OM bodies and lenses OM-10 OM2S Program 3 Zuiko 50mm f1.8 1 Zuiko 135mm f2.8 Vivitar 28mm f2.8 Oddball & misc stuff Petri VI with 55mm f1.8 Miranda 135mm f2.8 Walz Wide (pseudo rangefinder) 2 Polaroid SX-70 1 Polaroid SX-70 sonar (black) Nikkor-Q 135mm f3.5 Vivitar Auto 100mm f2.8 t-mount (need to check which mount is on it) 2 Yashica Electro 35s 1 Yashica Lynx 1000 Other Minolta mount stuff not previously mentioned (legendary stuff in other post): X700 body Minolta MD 50mm f2 Minolta MD 70-210mm f4 Vivitar 70-210mm f4.5 close focusing (Serial number starts with 77) Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm f3.5 (Serial number starts with 22) Tokina AT-X 24-40mm f2.8 Genuine Minolta MD set of extension tubes. I'm sure I'm forgetting some stuff. Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- Nothing is sure, except Death and Pentaxes. -- 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.
I think I may have a problem....
Forgot that I have an extra S-M-C Takumar 50mm f1.4. Also think I have a couple extra Super Takumar 50mm f1.4s and maybe one extra 55mm f1.8 Super Tak. Another coupla oddballs... a Spiralite Macrovar (screws onto 49mm filter thread and then gives variable close-up capability with a twist... down to about 1/2" from the front surface of the Macrovar element) and a Spiratone Macrotar 35mm f3.5 (looks like an enlarger lens in a 39mm to m42 thread adapter. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska Darren Addy Kearney, Nebrasa -- 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.
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On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > Wow. 29 SLR bodies? EBay and a K5 beckons. I'll be doing my share of eBaying here shortly, but eBay takes such a bite that I prefer the Pentax Forums Marketplace, to be honest. Does anybody know of a good place to hit Sony DSLR buyers (similar to PF Marketplace?). I've got some Really Good MF stuff in a MD mount like: Sigma APO 500mm f7.2 Vivitar Series 1 200mm f3.0 Soligor 135mm f2.0 Vivitar 100mm Macro f2.8 Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- Nothing is sure, except Death and Pentaxes. -- 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.
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Wow. 29 SLR bodies? EBay and a K5 beckons. On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 9:43 AM, CheekyGeek wrote: > I have been joking about selling a kidney in order to pay for a K-5, > but that may not be necessary. I took a little inventory last night > and what I found surprised me. I've accumulated a fair amount of stuff > in my pursuit of legacy glass for my K200D (and later K-x). A rather > SILLY amount of stuff. Even eliminating the stuff that I really want > to keep for myself, I seem to have acquired about 22 Pentax bodies, 3 > Olympus bodies, 3 Canon bodies, and 1 Minolta body. And then there are > the lenses for the above. (I've also got three Yashica rangefinders > and a couple of SX-70s along with a few unusual items like a Walz > Wide, psuedo rangefinder and a Zeiss Ikon Contessamat.) Nothing > terribly valuable individually, but collectively I think I should have > little trouble in amassing $1500. I've been sentimentally hanging onto > my Mamiya TLR bodies and lenses, and I have special project in mind > for them so I will sell them only as a last resort. > > Suffice it to say that I may be able to keep the area Post Office busy > for a while. > > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska > > -- > Nothing is sure, except Death and Pentaxes. > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
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I'm still looking for a couple of Adaptall 2 PK/A adapters for my Tamrons. If anyone has one and is looking to trade for something in particular, let me know! I've got duplicates of some lenses (or what I like to call "emergency backups"). Clearly my problem is that I never get RID of stuff, but the K-5 is providing me with some powerful motivation. I'll console myself over my losses by also doing an inventory of what I'm KEEPING. Deciding what to keep is never set in stone for me, but I think I'm going to keep one of each model of Spotmatic (they probably won't bring enough to make a difference). I'll probably keep the P-1z and the MX that has a little prism dent. Keeping the Canon TX and a stuck open Vivitar 28mm f2.0 (for film meteor astrophotography). Keeping the following Takumars: 200mm f5.6 Tele-Tak; 135mm f3.5 Super Tak; 50mm f4 Macro S-M-C, 50mm f1.4 S-M-C; 35mm f3.5 Super Tak; 28mm f3.5 S-M-C; And the other keeper stuff: SMC K 55mm f1.8, Tamron SP 60-300mm; Tamron SP 80-210mm; Tamron SP 90mm f2.5 macro with 1.4x and 2x SP teleconverters; Vivitar Series 1 90mm f2.5 macro (bokina) with matching 1:1 teleconverter; Pentax-F 70-210mm f4-5.6; Sigma 10-20mm f4.5-5.6; Pentax Spotmeter V, Olympus Vari-magni right angle finder; K and screwmount extension tubes, Slik 2-axis focusing rail, Benbo 1 tripod. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- 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.
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Darren, the first step is admission, so good on you for taking it! I've also inventoried my stash of lenses but the ones I want to let go of don't quite reach the amount yours do. It was still a valuable exercise--put me off buying lenses for a while! —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 16 November 2010 09:43, CheekyGeek wrote: > I have been joking about selling a kidney in order to pay for a K-5, > but that may not be necessary. I took a little inventory last night > and what I found surprised me. I've accumulated a fair amount of stuff > in my pursuit of legacy glass for my K200D (and later K-x). A rather > SILLY amount of stuff. Even eliminating the stuff that I really want > to keep for myself, I seem to have acquired about 22 Pentax bodies, 3 > Olympus bodies, 3 Canon bodies, and 1 Minolta body. And then there are > the lenses for the above. (I've also got three Yashica rangefinders > and a couple of SX-70s along with a few unusual items like a Walz > Wide, psuedo rangefinder and a Zeiss Ikon Contessamat.) Nothing > terribly valuable individually, but collectively I think I should have > little trouble in amassing $1500. I've been sentimentally hanging onto > my Mamiya TLR bodies and lenses, and I have special project in mind > for them so I will sell them only as a last resort. > > Suffice it to say that I may be able to keep the area Post Office busy > for a while. > > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska > > -- > Nothing is sure, except Death and Pentaxes. -- 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.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um5QsTzjToY and /you/ think /you/ may have a problem? sheesh... someone should get ZZ Top to play a charity gig for him! Cheers Ecke 2010/11/16 CheekyGeek : > I have been joking about selling a kidney in order to pay for a K-5, > but that may not be necessary. I took a little inventory last night > and what I found surprised me. I've accumulated a fair amount of stuff > in my pursuit of legacy glass for my K200D (and later K-x). A rather > SILLY amount of stuff. Even eliminating the stuff that I really want > to keep for myself, I seem to have acquired about 22 Pentax bodies, 3 > Olympus bodies, 3 Canon bodies, and 1 Minolta body. And then there are > the lenses for the above. (I've also got three Yashica rangefinders > and a couple of SX-70s along with a few unusual items like a Walz > Wide, psuedo rangefinder and a Zeiss Ikon Contessamat.) Nothing > terribly valuable individually, but collectively I think I should have > little trouble in amassing $1500. I've been sentimentally hanging onto > my Mamiya TLR bodies and lenses, and I have special project in mind > for them so I will sell them only as a last resort. > > Suffice it to say that I may be able to keep the area Post Office busy > for a while. > > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska > > -- > Nothing is sure, except Death and Pentaxes. > > -- > 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.
Re: I think I may have a problem....
On 11/16/2010 10:39 AM, eckinator wrote: 2010/11/16 Charles Robinson: terribly valuable individually, but collectively I think I should have little trouble in amassing $1500. And this is a problem how? :-) simple - he'll no longer have the $75 worth of legacy glass needed to justify the $1500 body... I don' no, I've got a lot of legacy glass, and while some is problematic, most is better than a lot of the new stuff people pay good money for, (and I've never paid $1500 for a Pentax Camera, though the K-5 calls like a siren on the rocks). -- "His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy." -Woody Allen -- 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.
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2010/11/16 Charles Robinson : > >> terribly valuable individually, but collectively I think I should have >> little trouble in amassing $1500. > > And this is a problem how? :-) simple - he'll no longer have the $75 worth of legacy glass needed to justify the $1500 body... -- 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.
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On Nov 16, 2010, at 8:43, CheekyGeek wrote: Nothing > terribly valuable individually, but collectively I think I should have > little trouble in amassing $1500. And this is a problem how? :-) -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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.
