I think I may have a problem....

2010-11-18 Thread 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

Re: I think I may have a problem....

2010-11-17 Thread CheekyGeek
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

Re: I think I may have a problem....

2010-11-16 Thread Charles Robinson
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

Re: I think I may have a problem....

2010-11-16 Thread eckinator
2010/11/16 Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com: 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

Re: I think I may have a problem....

2010-11-16 Thread P. J. Alling
On 11/16/2010 10:39 AM, eckinator wrote: 2010/11/16 Charles Robinsoncharl...@visi.com: 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

Re: I think I may have a problem....

2010-11-16 Thread eckinator
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 cheekyg...@gmail.com: I have been joking about selling a kidney in order to pay for a K-5, but that may not

Re: I think I may have a problem....

2010-11-16 Thread Miserere
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/\/\ --

Re: I think I may have a problem....

2010-11-16 Thread CheekyGeek
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

Re: I think I may have a problem....

2010-11-16 Thread Steven Desjardins
Wow. 29 SLR bodies? EBay and a K5 beckons. On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 9:43 AM, CheekyGeek cheekyg...@gmail.com 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

Re: I think I may have a problem....

2010-11-16 Thread CheekyGeek
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com 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

I think I may have a problem....

2010-11-16 Thread CheekyGeek
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

re: I think I may have a problem....

2010-11-16 Thread CheekyGeek
Oops. Only sent this to Collin. To list... -- Forwarded message -- From: CheekyGeek cheekyg...@gmail.com 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

Re: I think I may have a problem....

2010-11-16 Thread P. J. Alling
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, CheekyGeekcheekyg...@gmail.com wrote: I have been joking about selling a kidney in order

Re: I think I may have a problem....

2010-11-16 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com 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

Re: I think I may have a problem....

2010-11-16 Thread Adam Maas
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

Re: I think I may have a problem....

2010-11-16 Thread Charles Robinson
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

Re: I think I may have a problem....

2010-11-16 Thread CheekyGeek
LOL. Silly me. On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com 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