At 8:05 AM +1100 1/10/11, Brian Walters wrote:
On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:53 -0800, "Larry Colen" <[email protected]> wrote:
Saw this ad on craigslist:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/pho/2144182087.html
$30 for P5, m50/1.7, Rikenon 35-70mm 1:3.5-4.5, and a small flash
I expect that the zoom isn't really worth anything, and the 50/1.7 is
probably worth the $30.
Well, the 50 1.7 is certainly worth $30, if it's in good nick.
I liked the P5 (P50 here). It was my workhorse camera for quite a few
years in the 1980s/90s. I always liked the look and feel of it. It had
its limitations (no manual setting of ISO; no TTL flash; no manual
shutter speed, so without batteries it was cactus) but, for what I was
doing with it, those things weren't important to me. I still have it.
I have a P5 as well, and like Brian, it was my workhorse camera, from
1987 - 2000. It died about five years ago and is now a very reliable
bookend. Soon after I got it I was told I should have gotten its
predecessor, the Super Program, since the P5 had fewer features
(lower top shutter speed in addition to what is described above).
But, it served me well, took my Winder ME II and Motor Drive A, and
was my main camera until I bought a ZX-5N.
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