I just got back from the annual PSPCS camera show in Puyallup. About the same as last year, though less Pentax gear than I remember. I was shopping for odds and ends (lens caps and lens cases), and limited myself to cash on hand without credit (about $200). I picked up a couple of interesting items: a K2DMD brassed and in need of a CLA for $65, and a perfectly good MV1 with a mint M50/2.0 for $35. The K2DMD doesn't have its winder MD (anyone have one for sale or know where I can find one?). The MV1, on the other hand, is a great little SLR. With the M50/2 or an M35/2, it's only slightly larger than my T4, but much more fun. Who cares what the shutter speed is, as long as the light is green, and I have the aperture I want. :) It evens uses a winder MEII from my ME Super (unlike the ubiquitous MV). My other find was a vivitar 3x M42 tc. After getting home, I dragged out my 500 tele, hooked up the 3x, k-m42, and the MV1, and shot most of a roll this afternoon of airplanes on final approach to SeaTac and birds in tree tops. At 1500mm and f/13.5, I was getting the 747s to fill the frame wing tip to wing tip, and based on where the red meter light came on (above 1/1000s), I was shooting around 1/500 to 1/1000 with the lens set to f/5.6 or f/8 (f/16.8 or f/24 effective) with Supra 400. I thought about adding my 2x too, but figured I couldn't see to focus at that point (3000mm f/27). Last interesting item I got was a pair of LX strap connectors. These are hard to find, and 2 of the 3 LXs for sale in the place had them. I finally talked one of the vendors out of his for $25. I had thought with the recession America is in, that there'd be more deals, but instead it was a lot of picked over antiques from previous years, and very little good Pentax glass (rather disappointing in that respect). There must be more users/collectors of Pentax than a couple of years ago. Cheers, Gerald - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
