Well, I knew the answer had to be something like this because you can
get $200-250 for a good used K-1000 so you could probably get a bit more
for a new one. Given this, however, it shouldn't surprise anyone that
the MZ-S is $800 USD.
I have heard from someone who should know that the K-1000 wou
Mornin' Steve
I have heard from someone who should know that the K-1000 would be too
expensive to build this day and time. It's apparently much less expensive
to use electronic components that are modular, rather than the large amount
of hand work that is necessary for an all manual camera.
Bill
*g* It wasn't a dysfunctional pentax... I just could't imagine that a
new bought battery was already empty and dicharged.. the camera was
fine... you can see the outcome of that trip at
http://www.xjapan.de/fotopage/fotos.html ^_^
bye Katrin
On 31 Jan 2003 at 7:54, Bruce Rubenstein wrote:
> Th
... or buy Pentax Limited lenses. At a high level I don't see any
difference between people with money buying the
car/camera/vehicle/lens/boat/plane/house/truck they like.
BR
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Like the appeal of the Hummer H1. People who have more money than sense.
Peter Alling wrote:
> If Pentax built an FM3n like camera in K mount I'd buy
one.
Just how far from this ideal is the MX? I changed from the
FM3A to the MX and found it had all that I *needed* ...
John
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From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:35 AM
Subject: Re: Just a dream
> If Pentax built an FM3n like camera in K mount I'd buy
one. If they
> announced your
> electro-
William Robb wrote:
>I wouldn't have thought the R cameras would have appealed
to the same
>demographic.
>For that matter, I am still trying to figure out what
demographic the R
>system would appeal to.
Hi William,
You can add me to the list of people who don't understand
the appeal of the Lei
"For those with a survivalist mindset, anything battery-dependent might
not
work in a post-apocalyptic society, but for the rest of us, AA
batteries are
usually pretty easy to find."
. . .a post-apocalytpic society with 35 mm film but no batteries . . .
The metal manual focus is tricky, however.
This is impossible. In 1964 a bill was passed that introduced a new
Norse God for Pentaxes, and since that time no Pentax has remained in a
dysfunctional state for more than 19 minutes in Norway. This is common
knowledge.
BR
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I was very happy that my ME takes pictures
One more type of camera user that you don't understand.
BR
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God knows how the Leica R system fares now with the increasing popularity of digital.
Peter wrote:
> Battery dependance is especially bad when you're two days on foot away from
> the nearest
> store and find out that the batteries you had for backup died of
> disuse. You don't have
> to be a survivalist to appreciate a mechanical backup. (Stainless Steal?
> Magnesium? what
>
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From: "Pål Jensen"
Subject: Re: Just a dream
> God knows how the Leica R system fares now with the increasing popularity
of digital.
I wouldn't have thought the R cameras would have appealed to the same
demographic.
For that matter, I am still tr
Mike wrote:
> Odd, but no one really makes a top-quality classic MMM SLR camera these
> days, unless you count the "Hunchback of Solms," the strange and bulky (and
> singularly unpopular) Leica R9.
Didn't Leica recently discontiue the R6.2; arguably the only Leica SLR that make some
sense?
At le
I was very happy that my ME takes pictures without battery.. I was on my
way to a roundtrip through norway when I realized that the meter doesn't
work. It was at a train station and my train was leaving 10 minutes
later. There was a camera store in the station and I rushed in and
bought a new batte
Battery dependance is especially bad when you're two days on foot away from
the nearest
store and find out that the batteries you had for backup died of
disuse. You don't have
to be a survivalist to appreciate a mechanical backup. (Stainless Steal?
Magnesium? what
the hell happened to Brass, (
If Pentax built an FM3n like camera in K mount I'd buy one. If they
announced your
electro-mechanical dream I'd pre-order. The Idea that it should look like
an ESII,
well I'd really prefer that it look like a LX, but either would be
classic. I don't
own an autofocus camera although I do own a
Jeez, Mike they built the LX for 20 years, isn't that enough?
At 05:30 AM 1/30/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> LX has never been the no.1 choice
> for me considered it's relability track record, and ongoing expensive
> service bills. It is a lovely camera when it works. Both Super
A/Program and
> MX a
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From: "Pat White"
Subject: Re: Just a dream
A stainless steel SLR
> would probably be too heavy, so magnesium is a good alternative.
Buddy of mine just bought an Olympus 5500 (?). Magnesium shell. Looks kinda
like a quality rangefinder camera, an
<< A friend from Pentax who monitors this list read my "Just a dream" post and
had this comment:
"The consumer, while expressing disdain for AF cameras, basically refuses to
purchase manual focusing cameras."
>>
Mike, if they made a manual focus range that would be a start. I think.
My co
Mike:
Be sure and order one for me. It's frustrating, isn't it, to love a camera
style that's dying out right before our eyes.
---
Bob Keefer
Keefer Photography
Fine art hand-painted photos
www.bkpix.com
A friend from Pentax who monitors this list read my "Just a dream" post and
had this comment:
"The consumer, while expressing disdain for AF cameras, basically refuses to
purchase manual focusing cameras."
I guess that's pretty much that!
--Mike
> Perhaps if they want to make the definitive and LAST film SLR; it will never
> be replaced anyway!
Good point!
--Mike
Mike wrote:
> Of course this is not what any company wants...to sell a camera that will
> last forever and never need updating. Manufacturers want to sell cameras,
> not get into the business of servicing 25-year-old warhorses.
Perhaps if they want to make the definitive and LAST film SLR; it wi
I think it all depends how literally you real what was quoted. What
they ideally want is exactly that, a camera that you CAN all take to
your graves, but also one that they will be able to persuade you not to.
What they need is to then provide you later with a camera that you would
rather take tha
Dream on :-(
Lukasz
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