Boy, those last couple of choices really make the decision hard <grin>. I used to shoot 67ii's (had two of them) and most of the lenses. I let them go back when they actually had some value. So I'm saying that I wouldn't bother with that equipment at this point (unless you really love using it).
Even though you have lots of film, you still have to pay for processing. At least for color, I think that is still in a downward spiral. This one has really got to be your call. The camera manufacturers are pretty much gone from the film market which is a good indication as to where it is headed. With the amount of lenses and such you have, I think I would stick with Pentax Digital for the time being. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, October 6, 2008, 1:55:09 PM, you wrote: JM> It turns out that my insurance coverage (still haven't found the JM> actual policy - just coverage limits) is replacement value. With a JM> good addendum. JM> Once my equipment's replacement costs are estimated by an independent JM> company (I hope) I will be paid that amount without question for my JM> loss ($500 deductible). As I replace the pieces that I can from the JM> used market if I can find them, anything that costs me more that the JM> estimate will be paid for based on the receipts I tender. If it is no JM> longer manufactured or reasonably unobtainable, I can replace the old JM> equipment with new items that equal to or come close to the lost items JM> in specification, and I will then be paid the difference. JM> So I'm asking for recommendations from the crew. Keeping in mind that JM> I have a K100, a K10, a K20, a PZ-1P, three LX bodies and ALL the JM> accessories every made for it, about 25 K-mount full frame lenses JM> left, a 67 135mm Macro left, a Pentax cassette loader for the 250 JM> frame back for the LX, and a very small freezer full of bricks and JM> boxes and 100 ft rolls of 35mm and 120 film, and sheet film in 3 JM> sizes. And don't forget, I'm 66 yrs. old, and statistics say will live JM> only another ten years at best unless I lose 80 pounds and start a JM> program of vigorous daily exercise, in which case I'll most likely JM> live an additional one or two! JM> What would a PDML'r do? JM> Replace my rarely used 67 gear? Y N JM> Replace my great 35mm lenses? Y N JM> Buy new DA* optics for Digital Y N JM> and sell my LXs and PZ-1p? JM> Sell all the gear I now own and Y N JM> get a Canon body + 2 lenses? JM> Sell everything and invest it all in Y N JM> the stock market? JM> Sell everything, and spend it all Y N JM> on hookers? JM> Take up drink as a final solution? Y N JM> Joseph McAllister JM> Pentaxian JM> -- JM> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List JM> [email protected] JM> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net JM> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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.
