Welcome to the club Denis! I can tell you are new. We don't spel it like Nik** and Can**, but n***n and c***n:-) I made the same mistake with my MX, actually I had two of them. Made the same error to both of them at the same time:-( I hope you find a battery and cover soon.
On Monday 12 July 2004 17:03, Denis Turbide wrote: FJW> Hello, FJW> FJW> My name is Denis and I used to belong to this list FJW> years ago when I was a Pentax K-mount user. Started FJW> with a K1000, then some Spotmatics, an MX (never FJW> should have let that one go), then some Nik** stuff, FJW> some TLR's, 4x5 Crown Graphics...now, I am using a FJW> small Can** set up. Yesterday, I came full circle. FJW> At my local flea market, I found a grungy old K1000 FJW> with an SMC-M 50mm f2 lens for $45CDN. Cleaned up FJW> nicely. Cleaned up very nicely. Mechanically, it FJW> seems to be working just fine. Shutter speeds, film FJW> advance...but it has 2 flaws. It is missing the cover FJW> for the frame advance which is not really a problem. FJW> Secondly, it is missing the battery cover. There's a FJW> gentleman that sells cameras at this flea market and FJW> he let me try the meter using a battery and cover from FJW> one of his K1000s. The meter seemed to work just FJW> fine. So, all I need is a battery cover and a battery FJW> (which does the K1000 require?) and I will again FJW> become a proud K-mount user. Anyone out there know FJW> where I can procure one of these without paying lots FJW> of dollars? Thanks. FJW> FJW> Denis FJW> FJW> FJW> FJW> FJW> FJW> FJW> __________________________________ FJW> Do you Yahoo!? FJW> New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! FJW> http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail FJW> FJW> FJW> -- Frits W�thrich
