RE: Used Pentax gear in Oz

2001-11-18 Thread John Coyle
Prinzflex was a name used for a minor third-party lens manufacturer (maybe East German) in the 60's and 70's. I believe they were distributed by chains in the UK such as Dixons, Wallace Heaton, etc, and I don't think the quality was all that good. M42 was the standard Pentax/Praktica screw-mo

Re: Used Pentax gear in Oz

2001-11-12 Thread Peter Jesser
Just for the record, I called by Ted's camera store in Brisbane on my way home today and noted some prices. These are Australian dollars, so dividing by 2 will give a rough US equivalent: K mount: M 200/F4 $195 (I looked at this one a week or so ago. Looks good.) Super Paragon 35-70 $89 Pri