Originally posted by SamirShah Resistance is futile! My Canon and Nikon sales $ were burning a hole in my paypal account, and ebay is way too tempting. I went from 0 Pentax a month ago to this pile of lenses (and bodies) and some more in the mail. Some DA/FA, some SMC-A, some SMC-M, non-Pentax, and 5 problem lenses to be taken apart and cleaned (to learn and practice) before I take apart the Tokina ATX-Pro 80-200 f2.8ED to clean some fungus. Yesterday's score was great: 2 mint bodies and 4 Pentax SMC-A lenses, in a custom case for $80 : Black MX, Super Program, 50 f1.4, 28 f2.8, 35-70 F4, 70-210 f4.
Here's the lens list. 4-6 are projects and need repair and/or cleaning. One is a conversion project from Olympus to Pentax mount - an ebay mistake not worth sending back.
I've spent a total of $1000 for all this (I owned 3 of the lenses already). Included in the cost are also 4 18-55 DAL kit lenses (sold 2 so far), 2 Pentax SMC-M 50mm f1.7 (sold both), 1 K-30, 2 K-x, 1 black MX, 1 ME, 1 Super Program (plus my old MX and ME Super). 1 mistake was the K-S2 which did not work - $150, which is also included in the $1000 cost.
My favorite Canon lens was the 10-22 zoom, followed by the 24-70L, so I'll probably chase down a similar Sigma once I sell off some of the ones below (after testing them and deciding which ones I want to keep).
I might give up on the long zooms and convert a telescope for backyard birding. I have a Meade 350mm and a Takahashi 630mm sitting around since my eyesight became bad and I stopped trying to split stars.
Brand Aper Type Focus Model Prime/Zoom
1 Pentax SMC-DA DA AF 21mm Limited AL f/3.2 Prime
2 Pentax SMC-DA DA AF 40mm F/2.8 XS Prime
3 Pentax DA* DA AF 16-50mm Zoom - Normal
4 Pentax SMC-DAL DA AF 55-300 F4-5.6 ED Zoom - Tele
5 Pentax SMC-F FA AF 50mm F/1.7 Prime
6 Promaster/Quantarey FA AF 70-300 F/4-5.6 EDO AF LD Macro Zoom - Tele
7 Sigma FA AF 100-300 f/4.5-6.7 DL Zoom - Tele
8 Tokina AT-X Pro FA AF 80-200 F/2.8 Zoom - Tele
9 Pentax SMC-A A MF 28mm f/2.8 Prime
10 Pentax SMC-A A MF 50mm F/1.4 Prime
11 Pentax SMC-A A MF 50mm F/1.7 Prime
12 Pentax SMC-M A MF 50mm F/1.4 Prime
13 Vivitar A MF 28mm f/2.8 MC Prime
14 Vivitar A MF 100mm F/3.5 Macro Prime
15 Pentax SMC-A A MF 35-70 F:4 Zoom - Normal
16 Tokina AT-X A MF 28mm-70mm Macro Zoom - Normal
17 Pentax SMC-A A MF 70-210 F/4 Zoom - Tele
18 Pentax-A A MF 80-200 F4/7-5.6 Zoom - Tele
19 Tokina SZ-X A MF 80-200 F/4.5-5.6 Zoom - Tele
20 Pentax SMC-M M MF 100mm F/4 Macro Prime
21 Kiron M MF 30-80 Macro Zoom - Normal
22 Tokina RMC M MF 28mm-70mm Macro F3.5-4.5 Zoom - Normal
23 Pentax SMC-M M MF 80-200 F/4.5 Zoom - Tele
24 Star-D M MF 80-205 F/4.5 MC Zoom - Tele
25 Tokina RMC M MF 80-200 F/4 Zoom - Tele
26 Tokina AT-X Pro Olym MF 50-250mm F/4-5.6 Zoom - Tele
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Originally posted by steamloco76 One late acquisition and another which has become a de-acquisition .
Won a Sigma 17-50/2.8 EX DC HSM on eBay for $168 total to my door. Looking to test it against my cranky HD 18-85 WR, when it arrives.
Then a Ks-2 I’d purchased off a forum want ad, arrived with a hidden, previously “repaired” defect- a broken flash shoe- (see photo.) Apparently the cold weather during transportation across the continent caused the plastic to shrink, popping the super glue and a thin plastic strip added to hide the defect. The Ks-2 is on its way back to the seller.
I have a parts K-S2, where the main board got corrosion and is bad (see my first post in PF) - wont save anything. Does this one work otherwise?