I am currently the proud [ :-( ] owner of several of the KR-5 series cameras. Not a single one has a shutter that can be depended on at the higher shutter speeds! Not worth a CLA, not worth selling as is, no money in selling as a lot. Ballast perhaps? Look hard, K series and even MX's go for very low prices sometimes. Look for the "not obvious ones", like "Penax, Camra Cheap" sometimes the mis-spelled and mis-listed items hide great bargains. My last MX came FREE with a $45.00 K 28mm F3.5 lens! And NO, the auction title didn't even mention the camera. Not until I got into the description did I find out about the "Freebie". The title was "Lens for old camera". The camera was mentioned as "non-working", it needed a battery. Patience, you'll find a good one eventually.
Don Jeez! I just spell checked this and I had spelled "mis-spelled" wrong! THAT was close! > -----Original Message----- > From: Thibouille [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 4:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Fully manual/mechanical K mount bodies, which ? > > > Do you know any EBay equivalent? Living in Belgium (small country, small > market, huge prices) does not help me in the task. > Looking in shops (where you are sure of the condition of the > camera and get > usually a bit of warranty) a K1000 goes for about �170 (VAT > included), body > only. B&H prices are about the same AFAIK. I don't even look for MX/LX > because of that (except EBay). > > I saw a Ricoh KR5+55mm 1:2.2 at �57 some weeks ago... might check that and > see then. > > Thanks to everybody for your thoughts... > > Thibouille > > -----Message d'origine----- > De�: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Envoy�: mercredi 28 juillet 2004 22:48 > ��: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet�: RE: Fully manual/mechanical K mount bodies, which ? > > --- Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Price being a major concern I guess any MX will be > > well out of sight for me, > > unfortunately... > > > > I hate to rub it in (as I see many others have told > you of their bargains), but I got mine for $150 Cdn > (not much more that $100 US ~including~ the Winder MX. > > Needed a CLA right away, but that's to be expected, > isn't it? > > Still, there are deals out there, but I guess you have > to be lucky. Not many deals on eBay these days on > MXen, IMHO. > > cheers, > frank > > ===== > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. > The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > > > >
