On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Very nostalgic Jens. I never sold mine. > My Super Program is the most beat up of the lot. > Still, it is a favorite. Can't beat that TTL flash.
Still have mine Dave > Regards, Bob S. > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Jens <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks, Brian (and others) - I'll go and get some batteries :-) >> >> I got a very nice (looks like new) Super A for just 27 Euros in Germany - >> actually a great country to buy from, that is if you speak German. Because >> of the language problems (many Germans are not comfartable with speaking or >> writing English) , many Germans normally ship world wide, which means the >> items will never go very high at ebay :-) Many international sellers will >> ask for 5 times this much :-) >> >> Now I have allmost re-purchased every Pentax film camera I have ever sold - >> MX, ME-super, Super A, Z1p, MZ-S etc. Now I can afford to keep them all :-) >> >> Regards >> Jens >> >> -- >> Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. >> >> On Jun 15, 2012 15:29 "Brian Walters" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Quoting Jens <[email protected]>: >>> > I bought an old, used Super A. One of the best Pentax'es I've ever >>> > had. >>> > But the shutter won't work. The battery is off. SHould it work at >>> > 1/125 sec. without the battery?. I can't seem to see this in the >>> > manual. >>> > Answers are gratefully appreciated. >>> > Thanks in advance. >>> >>> >>> It's been years since I used my Super A but I dragged it out, set it >>> on 1/125 without batteries and .... nothing. >>> >>> Found a couple of batteries that still had power, put them in the >>> camera and the shutter fired. >>> >>> So, without batteries, the Super A is toast at any setting. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers >>> >>> Brian >>> >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> Brian Walters >>> Western Sydney Australia >>> http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > -- > 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
