Walt, Did you have a metal lens hood on? Metal, not plastic or rubber. I put an A50/1.4 on the sidewalk in Washington, DC like that. The hood died, but the lens and camera survived. Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Walt Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/20/2012 9:48 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: >> >> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Walt Gilbert<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Right now, I can only hope they'll have one at that price at some point >>> in >>> the not-too-distant future. Somehow, I'm not optimistic, given the de >>> facto >>> price increase on new lenses and all. >> >> Sorry about your loss. Keep an eye on newly-listed eBay auctions for >> Pentax film cameras with a "Buy it Now" option. You're likely to find >> a low-priced camera with an A50/1.7 attached. >> > Thanks, Matthew. > > I do know of a good potential source locally -- the guy at the shop I bought > my K-x (and my K 50/1.4, BTW) from has lots of old Pentax glass, and I'm > hoping he'll show me some sympathy. > > -- Walt > > > -- > 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.
