I really couldn't tell this camera from new when it arrived. The one sign of age was that the foam strip above the mirror had become sticky and had begun to come apart; a small piece of foam had come off and had stuck to the edge of the mirror. I brought the camera to my repair guy, who removed the old foam strip, cleaned the piece off the mirror, and put a new mirror foam strip in place. That's all I had done to this ES, which seems to be in perfect operating shape. All controls have that tight, new feel to them -- I could easily believe this camera would have looked and felt this way new, out of the box, in 1972.
I'll include the ES case, which is also in like new condition, though it could probably use some leather conditioning cream to keep it supple. It will ship with a body cap, though I'll provide that and it probably won't be original Pentax. The camera has an alkaline 6V battery in now, but I'll include a silver oxide and a lithium version of the correct battery as well, which should keep this camera going for years. I don't have the proper camera strap with this body -- I will include a generic one if you need one.
Take a look at the photos -- I couldn't keep specks of dust from showing up on the body, as I've used the camera a bit, but there is absolutely no wear, no brassing, no significant marking of any kind that I can see, not on the baseplate or by the strap lugs, or anywhere. I even got a shot through the viewfinder (or most of it); again, no specks of any kind.
Some of these photos show a lens mounted; I can add a lens if you want, but this listing is primarily for the camera body.
http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/eBay/ES_kit.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/eBay/ES_close.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/eBay/ES_mount.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/eBay/ES_rear.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/eBay/ES_back.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/eBay/ES_bottom.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/eBay/ES_viewfinder.jpg
KEH sells ES and ESII black bodies in EX+ condition for nearly $400 ... I'll ask just $200 for this body/case/batteries.
Joe
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