The interesting thing is that the seller is Eric Hendrikson, who operates a repair service for the Spotmatic and other Pentax MF models. He is apparently highly regarded on the Spotmatic list. So he knows his way around mechanical cameras and, yes, I suspect he had a lot of fun writing that description.
Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/brianwalters Quoting Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Scott Loveless wrote: > > > > Saw this on the Spotmatic list. Didn't figure anyone would mind. > > > 150154669185. > > Great stuff! He definitely had fun writing that description. I get > the > feeling he's been burned by a few sellers in the past. I really > like > "I'm not sure if the meter works. I didn't have a battery." (I've > fallen for that one in the past, I'm embarrassed to say). "I don't > know > much about camera's but all the speeds sound good to me" is a > classic > cliche, too. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Find out how you can get spam free email. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/3 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
