Just want to make sure there is no interest in this camera before I move on to venues for selling it. It does seem that the age of film is about over.
Tuesday, November 1, 2005, 2:02:22 PM, you wrote: BD> A friend of mine down the street bought an LX for his wife a little BD> while back - she had expressed an interest in photography (bit much, BD> perhaps). He bought it from someone he worked with who was retiring BD> from photography (apparently had several LX's). Turns out that she BD> would really rather have an SLR with smiley settings and digital too BD> boot. So he asked me about selling it. BD> I thought I would see if anyone on the list has interest. If so, we BD> could try to work out a reasonable price. I'm half tempted to get it BD> myself, but I'm afraid that I am too deep into digital to justify it. BD> The body is in excellent condition. The leatherette looks great, only BD> a couple of tiny marks on the body. Even the plastic film on the BD> bottom is still on. I checked for sticky mirror syndrome and didn't BD> notice it. Basically, the shutter had not been fired for a week, and BD> then I cocked and shot - no sticking. It comes with a looks to be BD> almost brand new FA-2 finder (I pulled it out of the box and put it BD> on) and a more used FA-1 finder. The FA-1 finder seems to have some BD> smudge on the eyepiece that is not willing to be removed easily. I BD> may take another try at it. It also has a brand new Grip-A (not BD> carved yet) and a winder. I have attached and tried the winder and it BD> seems to work just fine. There is also an additional SE-20 focusing BD> screen in case. BD> All in all, it is quite a nice setup. Any interest out there?
