Those guys in Phoenix are sissies. On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 7/22/2011 06:37, Toralf Lund wrote: >> >> Ann Sanfedele wrote: >>> >>> I already have a first dibs on this from a list member to whom I offered >>> mine for less than that . friends price. >> >> Of course :-) So you get the opportunity to make good money and be nice >> to a buyer and list member at the same time. And you have given some >> support to the work of the Salvation Army, too (who, I'm assuming got >> the equipment for free, so they also made a small profit.) Not bad for a >> day's work. >> >> - Toralf > > Yes - I consider it's a win win.. :-) > I'm a good customer there.. I don't buy anything new except food and um > certain paper products... although sometimes things in the thrift store > are actually new because they get donations from retailers too.. I stop > in there almost every day - to chat, hunt for specific special things > or just browse. Recent scores that are not photographic include a pair of > Cole Haan NEW sandals for myself for $15, an old Scrabble set - $3 (I sell > the tiles alone on ebay for a small profit) and, also for $3 > the HCB book on Matisse - text in French. I purposefully am not > spelling that out, but the cheapest price on Amazon is mine for a good deal > less than the next highest. I plan to put it on ebay too.. but > it is hard to part with. > > I've already got cabin fever.. but it is 10 am and NPR radio just said it is > 94 out - ten degrees hotter than it is in Phoenix Az > > ann > >>> >>> I haven't even had a chance to do the photos of the equipment yet >>> but that's partly because it is just too hot here even with my ac's >>> full blast. I melt at a lower temperature than most >>> >>> ann >>> >>> On 7/21/2011 16:25, J.C. O'Connell wrote: >>>> >>>> the same lens is $90 less at B&H. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> J.C. O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) >>>> Join the CD PLAYER& DISC Discussions : >>>> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ >>>> http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>>> Toralf Lund >>>> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 4:11 PM >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> Subject: Re: Today's score of things Pentax and questions.. >>>> >>>> >>>> P. J. Alling wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 7/20/2011 5:56 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> [ ... ] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> NExt ... >>>>>>>> 50mm prime SMC Pentax FA 1.4 BLACK - this works on manual on the >>>>>>>> istD and kinda worked on auto focus but not properly ... apparently >>>>>>>> it works on later issues -- or some (a brief check on ebay) With >>>>>>>> operating manual from 1991. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Let me know what you want for it... >>>>>> >>>>>> Let me do some more digging :-) I guess you know this lens .. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It's the same as all the Pentax 50mm f1.4 lenses but in FA livery, >>>>> (Ok, so they were supposedly tweeked, and they have the best coatings >>>>> Pentax put in the focal length). I've been looking for nice short >>>>> portrait tele for the K20d that takes full advantage of the >>>>> automation. The f1.4's aren't perfect but they're more than good >>>>> enough. I find that I don't end up using the M50 f1.4 on the K20d, I >>>>> used to use it a lot on the D and Ds. >>>> >>>> It's still a "current" lens, too: >>>> >>>> http://www.adorama.com/PX5014AFA.html >>>> >>>> That price is about 2.5 times as high as when I bought mine new, when >>>> was it, 3 or 4 years ago? Around that time used specimens would >>>> typically fetch a lot more than the new price on eBay because "everyone" >>>> thought it was discontinued, and hard to find... >>>> >>>> - Toralf >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > > -- > 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. >
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