PJ, I wouldn't travel with the magnifier mounted on the K20...too late, I know. Bob S.
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 1:26 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that between them my D and DS had over 20 thousand activations by > then. > > Let's see, 20000 divided by 36 about two dollars per roll to purchase and > two dollars per roll to process carry the two... > > I think I got my money's worth. > > On 10/16/2012 2:20 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: >> >> I scored my istDS brand new in box for $329 right when the K100D came out. >> Still using it 5.5 years later. >> >> ----------------- >> J.C.O'Connell >> [email protected] >> ----------------- >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling >> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 2:13 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Equipment; who needs it. >> >> On 10/16/2012 1:55 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >>> >>> I figure by the end of December it will be hitting the $600-$700 as >>> dealers begin to dump stocks in anticipation of the official >>> discontinuation notification. Between $600 and $650 is my sweet spot >>> and I won't be able to resist, (plus I managed to pick up both my *ist >>> D and Ds camera bodies in that range and it makes economic sense to me). >> >> Forgot to mention I the K20D was acquired from B&H in the last days of >> it's product sales life for &629.00, so call me cheap, I wear it as a >> badge of honor. >> >>> On 10/16/2012 1:46 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >>>> >>>> Sorry. How low a price point do you want for the K5? I'm having a >>>> similar conflict myself, although I'm debating between the old K5 and >>>> newer K30. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 1:32 PM, P. J. Alling >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Damn, well that's the way I feel right now anyway. Weekend before >>>>> last I >>>>> went to Florida for a wedding, (to be in it, not to photograph it), >>>>> but I >>>>> brought along my trusty K20D anyway. Well I tested it out the night >>>>> before >>>>> and everything was functioning fine, and the morning of the big >>>>> event I take >>>>> the prepared bag out of the air conditioned hotel room and head out >>>>> into the >>>>> Florida heat. I get to the wedding and take out the camera to take >>>>> a few >>>>> shots. >>>>> >>>>> Hum, seems a little blurry and foggy. Ah, the lens is fogged by the >>>>> humidity. I clear that off. >>>>> >>>>> Hum, still a bit blurry, must be some on the viewfinder lens. I >>>>> remove the >>>>> Pentax(tm) 1.2x magnifier and discover that the viewfinder lens has >>>>> cracked! >>>>> >>>>> I think it was the change in temperature, I'm pretty sure I didn't >>>>> bang the >>>>> camera anywhere and the rear viewfinder was protected by the Magnifying >>>>> eyecup, (M-OE-53), in the last hell 40 plus years of breaking >>>>> equipment, >>>>> I've never seen this happen before. >>>>> >>>>> After the last year of three hard drive failures and the probable >>>>> death of >>>>> my wide carriage printer it's enough to make me take up painting, even >>>>> though I'd suck... >>>>> >>>>> Now I'm in a quandary, do I send the K20D to Pentax for repair or >>>>> suffer >>>>> through until January when I expect the remaining stocks of K-5 >>>>> cameras to >>>>> begin to hit my price point? I guess I'll have to get it fixed >>>>> eventually >>>>> as I was planning to use it as a backup.... >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to >>>>> avoid a >>>>> lengthly search. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > > -- > Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a > lengthly search. > > > -- > 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.
