Re: FS: MX, LX
From: John Francis Try that at the track sometime. Doug and I both photograph race cars, and the officials take a dim view of anyone who doesn't stay behind the designated barriers. Not to mention that putting yourself in front of thousands of pounds of projectiles that are moving of speeds up to two hundred miles an hour isn't overly smart. Hmmm? Just think of it as thinning the herd. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FS: MX, LX
I never buy zooms. I find running back and forth a good source of exercise. On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:57 AM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 10:42:55PM -0400, Miserere wrote: On 5 May 2010 19:15, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: yep. When I was planning to buy one, it was $800. But then I lost my job and my lens buying line item had to be cut from the budget. Hey, at least you *had* a lens buying line item. I've got a job and no line item!!! :-o Fortunately for me I got my 50-135 as a birthday present (from the finance control department) just before the price went up. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FS: MX, LX
Steven Desjardins wrote: I never buy zooms. I find running back and forth a good source of exercise. Mark! -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FS: MX, LX
Try that at the track sometime. Doug and I both photograph race cars, and the officials take a dim view of anyone who doesn't stay behind the designated barriers. Not to mention that putting yourself in front of thousands of pounds of projectiles that are moving of speeds up to two hundred miles an hour isn't overly smart. On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 08:38:59AM -0400, Steven Desjardins wrote: I never buy zooms. I find running back and forth a good source of exercise. On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:57 AM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 10:42:55PM -0400, Miserere wrote: On 5 May 2010 19:15, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: yep. When I was planning to buy one, it was $800. But then I lost my job and my lens buying line item had to be cut from the budget. Hey, at least you *had* a lens buying line item. I've got a job and no line item!!! ?:-o Fortunately for me I got my 50-135 as a birthday present (from the finance control department) just before the price went up. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FS: MX, LX
On 2010-05-06 8:38, Steven Desjardins wrote: I never buy zooms. I find running back and forth a good source of exercise. I use both, with a preference for primes unless circumstances dictate otherwise. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FS: MX, LX
On 2010-05-06 12:58, John Francis wrote: [...] putting yourself in front of thousands of pounds of projectiles that are moving of speeds up to two hundred miles an hour isn't overly smart. Plus you're tunnel visioned and tunnel attentioned whenever you're looking down the viewfinder, so you might not realize something nasty is coming your way. I'm always very nervous when I'm on the hot side of the fences, even when I'm behind a barrier. And when I'm not shooting or driving the races, I work them as a corner marshal, so I spend a lot of time on the hot side of the fences, sometimes beyond the barriers, too. But when I'm working corners, I have at least one other person with me so we can cover each others' backs, and I'm not staring down the snoot of a camera. My quotation about trying not to get killed from the last PDML Quotations list was most definitely not tongue-in-cheek or exaggeration. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
FS: MX, LX
I know it's not Friday but I'm seldom home at weekends and I wanted to offer these to the list members before putting them on eBay. I have one absolutely wonderful condition Chrome MX for sale. It's in full working order. The shutter speed wheel is aligned correctly, the battery works and the meter is functional. Even the hot shoe works and the cover for the X and FP contacts is in place. The battery cover and winder cover are both present; there are no dings or brassing and only a few scuffs around the tripod socket. Comes with a M-series 50/2 The LX is in not as good condition as the MX, but still pretty good. There is brassing around one of the strap lugs. The hot shoe doesn't appear to work, but the X-synch socket does. I ran a film through it last week and everything works fine, metering appears to be good. The only minus to this body is the engraved name J.Goldstein on the back plate below the winder lever. (However, it's very neatly done). The LX comes with instruction manual, genuine LX grip and M 50mm/1.4 lens (superb condition) Make me an offer if you're interested in any of these. I was thinking of selling my DA* 50-135/f2.8 but it seems to be listed on Adorama at almost half what I paid for it (tho' it's out of stock at the moment) so it looks like I'll hang on to that for another month or so -- Wendy Beard Carp, Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FS: MX, LX
On 5 May 2010 13:38, wendy beard pointyp...@gmail.com wrote: I was thinking of selling my DA* 50-135/f2.8 but it seems to be listed on Adorama at almost half what I paid for it (tho' it's out of stock at the moment) so it looks like I'll hang on to that for another month or so WHAT!?!?!? It's listed at $1230, and I remember seeing it around $800 a year ago. You paid over $2000 for it :-o --M. -- \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FS: MX, LX
On 5/5/2010 1:56 PM, Miserere wrote:
On 5 May 2010 13:38, wendy beardpointyp...@gmail.com wrote:
I was thinking of selling my DA* 50-135/f2.8 but it seems to be listed
on Adorama at almost half what I paid for it (tho' it's out of stock
at the moment) so it looks like I'll hang on to that for another month
or so
WHAT!?!?!? It's listed at $1230, and I remember seeing it around $800
a year ago. You paid over $2000 for it :-o
--M.
She bought it with Canadian money...
(Bill I'm only kidding).
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Re: FS: MX, LX
On May 5, 2010, at 12:38, wendy beard wrote: I was thinking of selling my DA* 50-135/f2.8 but it seems to be listed on Adorama at almost half what I paid for it (tho' it's out of stock at the moment) so it looks like I'll hang on to that for another month or so $799.95 is HALF what you paid for it?!?!? Wow. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FS: MX, LX
On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 01:38:03PM -0400, wendy beard wrote: I was thinking of selling my DA* 50-135/f2.8 but it seems to be listed on Adorama at almost half what I paid for it (tho' it's out of stock at the moment) so it looks like I'll hang on to that for another month or so I seem to recall the discounted price ($800) is pretty close to what that lens was selling for before the round of price rises announced in the wake of the Hoya takeover. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FS: MX, LX
On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 01:56:14PM -0400, Miserere wrote: On 5 May 2010 13:38, wendy beard pointyp...@gmail.com wrote: I was thinking of selling my DA* 50-135/f2.8 but it seems to be listed on Adorama at almost half what I paid for it (tho' it's out of stock at the moment) so it looks like I'll hang on to that for another month or so WHAT!?!?!? It's listed at $1230, and I remember seeing it around $800 a year ago. You paid over $2000 for it :-o Listed at $1130 (not $1230), but with a $330 special pricing available discount bringing the final price down to $800. Mind you, even $1600 would have been a pretty steep price for that lens. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FS: MX, LX
John Francis wrote: On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 01:38:03PM -0400, wendy beard wrote: I was thinking of selling my DA* 50-135/f2.8 but it seems to be listed on Adorama at almost half what I paid for it (tho' it's out of stock at the moment) so it looks like I'll hang on to that for another month or so I seem to recall the discounted price ($800) is pretty close to what that lens was selling for before the round of price rises announced in the wake of the Hoya takeover. yep. When I was planning to buy one, it was $800. But then I lost my job and my lens buying line item had to be cut from the budget. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FS: MX, LX
On 5 May 2010 19:15, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: yep. When I was planning to buy one, it was $800. But then I lost my job and my lens buying line item had to be cut from the budget. Hey, at least you *had* a lens buying line item. I've got a job and no line item!!! :-o --M. -- \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FS: MX, LX
I remembered the after tax price. Before tax, I paid $1200. In fact, Henry's are still listing it at that price.. I'm still jobless, which is why I'm selling stuff. Wendy On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: John Francis wrote: On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 01:38:03PM -0400, wendy beard wrote: I was thinking of selling my DA* 50-135/f2.8 but it seems to be listed on Adorama at almost half what I paid for it (tho' it's out of stock at the moment) so it looks like I'll hang on to that for another month or so I seem to recall the discounted price ($800) is pretty close to what that lens was selling for before the round of price rises announced in the wake of the Hoya takeover. yep. When I was planning to buy one, it was $800. But then I lost my job and my lens buying line item had to be cut from the budget. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Wendy Beard Carp, Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FS: MX, LX
On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 10:42:55PM -0400, Miserere wrote: On 5 May 2010 19:15, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: yep. When I was planning to buy one, it was $800. But then I lost my job and my lens buying line item had to be cut from the budget. Hey, at least you *had* a lens buying line item. I've got a job and no line item!!! :-o Fortunately for me I got my 50-135 as a birthday present (from the finance control department) just before the price went up. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
