I own one (P50) too. Very nice. It's a little like an early Super A. I love the cut away corner, which reminds me of a Leica M-something. I own a M 50mm 1.7 too. It's quite a good lens - recommended for the A bellows. Regards
Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Jan 9, 2011 22:05 "Brian Walters" <[email protected]> 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. > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software > or over the web > > > -- > 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. -- 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.

