Re: P5
It may be just a reskinned Program Plus but the P5 was inferior to the Super Program, which I think it succeeded. No TTL flash, maximum 1/1000s shutter speed. I referred to mine as the "plastic Pentax". That said, it was a good camera...essentially my only camera for 12 years and a back up body for another five. I now own a Super Program (courtesy of Ann) and it is a much nicer camera. On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 13:36:35 -0400, P. J. Alling wrote: > Technically it has a second Program mode, but I couldn't say if it > was practically any different. In my opinion the P series was one of > the less inspiring Pentax produced. The bodies were very plasticy, > and shutter noise was especially loud, and not in a good way like an > LX. > > > On 7/23/2018 1:10 PM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: >> Local shop as a P5 on the shelf. >> Don't see many of them. >> P3x was a lot more common. >> He has a hefty price on it. IIRC, $150. >> Does anything make the P5 special? >> Isn't it functionally just a Program Plus? --- Steven Sharpe - The Office Gallery d...@eastlink.ca -- 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: P5
Technically it has a second Program mode, but I couldn't say if it was practically any different. In my opinion the P series was one of the less inspiring Pentax produced. The bodies were very plasticy, and shutter noise was especially loud, and not in a good way like an LX. On 7/23/2018 1:10 PM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: Local shop as a P5 on the shelf. Don't see many of them. P3x was a lot more common. He has a hefty price on it. IIRC, $150. Does anything make the P5 special? Isn't it functionally just a Program Plus? -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- 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.
P5
Local shop as a P5 on the shelf. Don't see many of them. P3x was a lot more common. He has a hefty price on it. IIRC, $150. Does anything make the P5 special? Isn't it functionally just a Program Plus? -- 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: Is a P5 worth anything?
On 1/12/2011 3:03 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Larry Colenl...@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. The P30 will make an excellent rear lenscap for the M50/1.7... It's acutely a bit bulky, he ME is a much better rear lens cap, smaller. ;-) cheers, frank -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- 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: Is a P5 worth anything?
Owned a P5 for a short while a number of years ago. My memory of it is a plasticky, light weight, but bulky unit with hollow sounding loud shutter with a slow speed limited to 4 secs. Gave it to my brother and he's been giving me sour looks ever since..he possibly had other reasons as well(?). That was in about 1982. Jack --- On Thu, 1/13/11, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Is a P5 worth anything? To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 7:07 AM On 1/12/2011 3:03 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Larry Colenl...@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. The P30 will make an excellent rear lenscap for the M50/1.7... It's acutely a bit bulky, he ME is a much better rear lens cap, smaller. ;-) cheers, frank -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- 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: Is a P5 worth anything?
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Larry Colen l...@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. The P30 will make an excellent rear lenscap for the M50/1.7... ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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: Re: Is a P5 worth anything?
I own one (P50) too. Very nice. It's a little like an early Super A. I love the cut away corner, which reminds me of a Leica M-something. I own a M 50mm 1.7 too. It's quite a good lens - recommended for the A bellows. Regards Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Jan 9, 2011 22:05 Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:53 -0800, Larry Colen l...@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 ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- 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.
Is a P5 worth anything?
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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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: Is a P5 worth anything?
On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:53 -0800, Larry Colen l...@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 ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- 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.
Is a P5 worth anything?
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.
Re: Is a P5 worth anything?
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 4:53 AM, Larry Colen l...@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. -- Picked up a P5 in Ebay a couple of months ago for $31. Body only, but virtually new, it came with an ME winder which the seller described as a battery grip. It's a fun camera if you don't take it too seriously :-) Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- 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: Is a P5 worth anything?
OK, this post amused me greatly. Kind of a mark of short paragraphs. Picked up a P5 in Ebay a couple of months ago for $31. Body only, but virtually new, it came with an ME winder which the seller described as a battery grip. It's a fun camera if you don't take it too seriously :-) On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 4:53 AM, Larry Colen l...@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. -- Picked up a P5 in Ebay a couple of months ago for $31. Body only, but virtually new, it came with an ME winder which the seller described as a battery grip. It's a fun camera if you don't take it too seriously :-) Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- 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.
Re: Is a P5 worth anything?
At 8:05 AM +1100 1/10/11, Brian Walters wrote: On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:53 -0800, Larry Colen l...@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. I have a P5 as well, and like Brian, it was my workhorse camera, from 1987 - 2000. It died about five years ago and is now a very reliable bookend. Soon after I got it I was told I should have gotten its predecessor, the Super Program, since the P5 had fewer features (lower top shutter speed in addition to what is described above). But, it served me well, took my Winder ME II and Motor Drive A, and was my main camera until I bought a ZX-5N. -- Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca http://earth.delith.com/photo_gallery.html -- 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: Is a P5 worth anything?
On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 20:41 -0400, Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca wrote: At 8:05 AM +1100 1/10/11, Brian Walters wrote: On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:53 -0800, Larry Colen l...@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. I have a P5 as well, and like Brian, it was my workhorse camera, from 1987 - 2000. It died about five years ago and is now a very reliable bookend. Soon after I got it I was told I should have gotten its predecessor, the Super Program, since the P5 had fewer features (lower top shutter speed in addition to what is described above). But, it served me well, took my Winder ME II and Motor Drive A, and was my main camera until I bought a ZX-5N. As it happened, I did get a Super Program (Super A, actually) after I got the P50. The Super A was, indeed, a far superior camera but I carried both around for many years and used both equally until I eventually went auto focus. I always thought that the P50 was intended to be a middle of the range camera and that Pentax were probably working on a high end P body when the auto focus boom arrived to put an end to that. I've got no evidence that that was the case, of course Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- 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.
FS: 24-50 35-105 zooms, Super A P5 bodies
A few items for sale. Photos available on request. * Pentax Super A body. EXC+ condition. This camera feels and operates like new. It's technically the exact same camera as the Super Program, but it somehow feels like a Super Program Limited in all black. I can include a standard Pentax strap, along with the deluxe European Camera of the Year 1983 strap that was available. Front finger grip, body cap, original Pentax case and instruction manual included. Price: $150 including shipping/insurance in the continental U.S. * Pentax P5/P50 body, EX condition, fully functional, includes front grip: $60 including shipping/insurance in the continental U.S. I also have the very small SMC-A 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 push/pull zoom lens to go with this camera if desired for an additional $40. * Pentax SMC-F 24-50mm f/4 lens. EX condition. Pentax front and rear caps included. Price: $125 includes shipping/insurance in the continental U.S. * Pentax SMC-A 35-105mm f/3.5, KEH EX+ condition. Pentax front and rear caps included. Price: $125 includes shipping/insurance in the continental U.S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
FT: P5/MEII outfit
Since I don't have a good buyer for the set does anyone have something to trade for the pair? Here's some want/need items: -- A50/1.4 -- Winder MX -- LF stuff (8x10 or 4x5, film, holders, whatever) -- Ikonta folder -- 2-meter handheld Or if you've got something else nifty Sincerely, C. Brendemuehl Sent via the WebMail system at mail.safe-t.net
FS: Pentax P5, winder MEII, A50/1.7
This is the P5 I purchased on eBay for its front grip, since my P5 was lacking one. It was advertised as not working, even with batteries installed, so I bought it as a potential parts body. It turned out to be in excellent shape and working fine -- the batteries the previous owner had put in were just very weak -- just enough voltage to light up the shutter speed indicators, but not enough to release the shutter. It works fine with new batteries, and I've had them in for a few months, so I know it's not draining batteries, either. This P5 is in excellent condition with just a few slight rub marks from what may have been very occasional use. Since I took off its front finger grip, I'll include an ME II winder, which replaces the front grip anyway when in use and gives the camera a more ergonomic feel, preferred by many and definitely better with larger/heavier lenses. The winder is in EX condition. I'm also including an SMC-A 50mm f/1.7 as a freebie, or consider it as a functional body cap. The glass is actually excellent. It has that stiffening of the aperture ring, which means it works best if left on A. $110 including shipping to addresses in the continental U.S. Joe
WTB: Front grip/finger grip for Pentax P5/P50
I'm still looking for an extra front grip for the Pentax P5/P50 camera. It's different than the one for the Super Program/Super A. I'll even take one attached to a P5/P50, though it can be a parts body. Joe -- Joe Wilensky Staff Writer Communication and Marketing Services 1150 Comstock Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-2601 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 607-255-1575 fax: 607-255-9873
WTB: Front grip/finger grip for Pentax P5/P50
Does anyone have an extra front grip for the Pentax P5/P50 camera? It's removable like the one on the Super Program/Super A, but I believe it's a different grip. Joe -- Joe Wilensky Staff Writer Communication and Marketing Services 1150 Comstock Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-2601 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 607-255-1575 fax: 607-255-9873
RE: Front grip/finger grip for Pentax P5/P50
It is. They are not quite interchangeable. The mounting hole at the backside of the grips have different sizes, and the Super A grip is more curved, on the back side. I only have the two gripos I need. Some Pentax repair guy somewhere might have one Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Joe Wilensky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 1. juli 2004 18:03 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: WTB: Front grip/finger grip for Pentax P5/P50 Does anyone have an extra front grip for the Pentax P5/P50 camera? It's removable like the one on the Super Program/Super A, but I believe it's a different grip. Joe -- Joe Wilensky Staff Writer Communication and Marketing Services 1150 Comstock Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-2601 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 607-255-1575 fax: 607-255-9873
Re: Pentax P5 and P50
James, The P5/P50 was designed for A lenses. It works fine with K, A, F, and FA lenses. With A lenses, the LCD goes into a Program Action or Program Depth of Field mode. You change it with the two rectangular buttons at the top of the LCD. You had a K lens on it, or had it set to a specific aperture. The buttons will take you thru 4 modes, AUTO (aperture-priority AE), Metered Manual (speed shows), 1/100 sec., and Bulb. So now you know how to work it... Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sorry to be a pain, but can anyone clarify which Pentax mounts/lenses can be used with the P5 and P50? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
P5/P10 Cameras
I saw a P5 and a P10 in a Pawn-shop on Granville Vancouver today. They appeared to be ok, except the P5 ?came with only a 28mm lens for CDN$114 + Tax, and the P10 ? for CDN$145 + Tax. What are these like? James
