> >How many bellows are there > > I think K, M and A, but maybe only two. Very very similar. They look > the same to me. Except for the extra contacts (A-model).
So if he has the right one it should work, sides it'll work on my other camera and I never seen anybody use AF on a macro shot anyway > >He has these 2 finders - "2x FA-1 Eye-Level Finders(Standard), 1x FA-2 > >Eye-Level Finder" > > I would be interested in the FA-2 unless you would like to keep this > low-profile "no-hot-shoe" finder. And I have a bumped FA-1 and > should probably look for a replacement one unless I learn the casing > alone can be bought new at Pentax. Well if the sale goes through you have first dibs on it, its an online auction > > >He lives about 450km's from me so he'll have to post it. To have a > >CLA done for me is simple, > > If it is a simple story, great. It is really better if the repairman > has some experience with the LX (some pieces besides the mirror box > have to be replaced, so the camera has to be dismantled and it is a > difficult camera to... "remantle"... Many things packed in a small > body.) Where do you live? Well I don't know the repairman, it goes directly to the South African Pentax Distributors, which is where I live, Johannesburg, South Africa. If you live in Manitoba, Canada sending it through wont be a problem, friends travel back and forth every 3 months > > Actually you may have an LX for about the price of a K1000 SE (at > least here, where the K1000 are sold like hot buns (oh no, what have > I said...), I mean hot b*ns. Cant sell that K1000, sentimental value, just sold my Z70 & 2 lenses and already I'm missing them :) I need a manual backup which is the better camera? feroze > > Andre > -- > >

