I have only ever twice sold a camera: a Voigtlander Vito CD, which was my first ever serious camera, and a Fujica ST701n, which was a replacement for a stolen SV, which had been my first SLR. I now have several Spotmatics, an SV (bought on a whim because it is identical to the one stolen, and is a joy to use), an ES, a K2, an ME, an SFN, an Espio 70 and an MZ-S in Pentax, and a Fed 4 for 35mm film, a Rolleicord for medium format, and in digital, one compact, an Optio 4WR, and one SLR, an *ist-D, and I doubt I'll ever sell any of them, being as much of a lover of classic cameras as a photographer. I've also got a box full of dead Pentax 35mm and digital compacts of various recent models which came gratis from a local distributor clear-out.
My workhorse cameras are the MZ-S or SV for film, and the *ist-D for digital. The Optio is carried in the car, or is used by my wife on the rare occasions she wants to use a camera. The *ist-D and just two lenses, the 16-45 and 50-200 were what I carried for a recent trip to Egypt and Spain, and served me very well: the results are excellent and the kit was light and easy to carry in a small backpack. I may consider buying the next Pentax digital SLR, depending upon price and size: I don't need or want a behemoth of a camera which doubles as a weight-training tool, nor do I really need full-frame - but it would be interesting to see how my collection of Pentax lenses of various eras perform on such a sensor. If I do, the *ist-D may go to one of my granddaughters, who is expressing an interest in photography as a career - I know, don't encourage her! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Desjardins Sent: Monday, 11 August 2008 7:02 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: What plans do you have for old digital SLRs? I tend to hang onto cameras. In all honestly, I should dump most of my film cameras. The problem is that I'd keep the nicest one (the MZ-S) and then get so little for the others it wouldn't be worth selling. I gave my MX and ZX-7 to the Art dept. for photo classes and I kept the MZ-S, the Sp500, and the 645. Keeping the SP500 (vs the MX) is definitely a sentimental choice but it still works fine and it was my first camera. I'm always amazed how intrigued students are by a screwmount lens. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
