On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:39 -0400, "P. J. Alling" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/25/2010 6:58 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > > From: Jeffery Smith > >> I paid $35 for a Soligor 135, but that was in 1968. > >> > >> Jeffery On Sep 24, 2010, at 6:42 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> > >>>>>>> >>>> Albinar > >> > > > > Paid $50 for a SMC-A 24f/2.8 ... 1980ish. > > > > Have to admit that at the time I didn't know any more than the guy at > > the pawn shop. > > > Ignorance is sometimes an asset, if you;d know what it was he might of > sensed it and refused to sell... >
It's often worth checking out pawn shops. A few years ago our local Cash Converters stocked a bit of interesting camera gear, usually at an inflated price. On one occasion I noticed a Tamron ES adapter for the Adaptall system for $25. As I'd been looking for that adapter and the price was a bit less than what they bought on EBay on the rare occasions that they appeared there, I was interested. When I had a closer look, I found the adapter was attached to a Tamron SP 1:3.5-3.8 24-48mm zoom - at which point I paid my $25 and walked out of the shop as quickly as possible.... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again -- 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.
