Well, it seems I can't reach KEH website at all... don't know why. Thibouille
-----Message d'origine----- De�: Alan Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoy�: mercredi 28 juillet 2004 23:37 ��: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet�: RE: Fully manual/mechanical K mount bodies, which ? How about this one. At least you don't need to pay for service in the near future. http://www.keh.com/shop/SHOWPRODUCT.CFM?CRID=8233564&SKID=PK0299906545502&SI D=newused&BID=PK&CID=02&SOID=N&curpic=0&dpsp=0 Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan >I'm looking for (well for now just looking to know which ones) any brand >cameras (not too... well forget about e.g. Zenit) having a K mount. > >I know about Pentax ones, I myself got very recently a KX which I already >love. But I'm looking to offer one to my father. At a time, he owned a >Yashica (M42) fully manual which he enjoyed much. He now uses a (P)Z-10 and >has completely lost interest in doing things himself. But looking at my KX >seems to awake some feelings :). I have lenses enough not to care about >that >too much but would like to offer him a good old mechanical one but a K >mount >one. > >Maybe non Pentax ones will be less expensive so I want to evaluate any >affordable option. I was thinking about some Ricoh like KR-5 and so on. >However, I'm not quite sure how to be sure a camera is fully manual without >looking at its manual. > >I found a listing of K mount cameras here >http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ultimate_k-mount.htm but I'm not sure: I think >that a flash sync at 1/100 or better should be electro as well as 1/2000. >But then I'm lost. > >If you have any idea... I like the idea to convert him back to fully manual >shooting and away from bzzzzzz tidit shlkzzzzzzzzzzz :D > >Thibouille > >PS: tell me if you do not understand something, my English is sometimes >awful. _________________________________________________________________ Take advantage of powerful junk e-mail filters built on patented Microsoft� SmartScreen Technology. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=htt p://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN� Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*.
