[AstroDave]

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Teleconverter three in prestine condition!!!! | eBay

Hmm - love that f/1.2 (!) 50mm teleconverter, and especially the "prestine" (sic) aperture lever!

[35mmfilmfan]

Teleconverter three in prestine condition!!!! | eBay

Hmm - love that f/1.2 (!) 50mm teleconverter, and especially the "prestine" (sic) aperture lever!

Maybe he means 'Pressed In'. I'd like to know how he managed to connect all three 'teleconvertors' - does he not even realize that one is a prime lens ?

[Wasp]

Teleconverter three in prestine condition!!!! | eBay

Hmm - love that f/1.2 (!) 50mm teleconverter, and especially the "prestine" (sic) aperture lever!

So much fail in one ad.

[35mmfilmfan]

Today in show and tell we have a selection, boys and girls :

VINTAGE NIKON 11 CAMERA with a INDUSTAR-50-2 Lens (UNTESTED) | eBay

VINTAGE PENTAX P50 CAMERA (UNTESTED) | eBay

In the listing the seller states 'I know nothing about cameras' - that statement could be said to be tautologous.





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[Lord Lucan]

In the listing the seller states 'I know nothing about cameras'

I think his reading skills are also a bit short to have mistaken the Zenith for a Pentax - the words on the camera and box are large enough.
Incredibly, the fake "Nikon" has his highest asking price of all his cameras except one - he believes it really is a Nikon.
However, it might be worth watching his shop for bargains because all his camera-lens combinations are only £10-20 and there could be some hidden gems. I have just paid £30 for one of those Sigma 70-300mm zooms for which he only wants £20, and I thought mine was a bargain (although he thinks his is a Nikon mount).

[jeallen01]

Today in show and tell we have a selection, boys and girls :

VINTAGE NIKON 11 CAMERA with a INDUSTAR-50-2 Lens (UNTESTED) | eBay

VINTAGE PENTAX P50 CAMERA (UNTESTED) | eBay

In the listing the seller states 'I know nothing about cameras' - that statement could be said to be tautologous.
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He seems to be a con-artist, and at the "zenith" thereof to boot, but only as an extremely poor example at that, as how ANYONE with even a modicum of photographic history knowledge could be taken in by a couple of cheap stuck-on (& probably home-printed!) labels like those is totally beyond my understanding!
OTOH, didn't Dixons Photographic sell a lot of Zenith-manufactured/branded kit with simple stuck-on "other brand" labels - maybe that's where that seller got the idea????

PS: that sort of attempted con should be reported to eBay as - regardless of my "comprehension issue"! - that's as bad as something I once saw on a programme about an English-run garage in Marbella in Spain.

A customer had brought in a BMW auto convertible which had been sold to him as a hot "Irmsher M3" version - but only until it was pointed into him that the only "M3-type stuff" on it were stuck-on "M3" badges on the boot and the engine rocker cover! / /

"Some people" are simply Oh So Gullible!.

OTOH, maybe we, as Pentaxians, should promote this sort of attempted con in an attempt to discredit competiting brands such as NIKON, especially with the current "interest" in old film cameras!??

PS: just reported the Zenith /"Nikon" SLR to eBay Uk as the counterfeit item that it is - even I do sometimes have a conscience!

[Jonathan Mac]

There's currently a used Nikon 35mm f/2 AFD for sale on Cash Converters here for €628, which is a considerable markup on the price new.

Perhaps it's been in the hands of the lens fairies who've filled it with their magic dust?

[boriscleto]

I bought a RE Auto Topcor 58/1.4 from Goodwill of Southern California on GoodwillFinds.com on 5/17. A shipping label was created on 5/26 but FedEx didn't get the package until 5/30. On 5/31 FedEx had to relabel the package because the first label was unreadable. It finally arrived today, 6/6. (Finally found one that doesn't have fungus and has a working aperture)

The RE Macro Auto Topcor 58/3.5 I bought from them on 5/22 still hasn't shipped.

On the other hand the Olympus OM-4 with 28-48/4 & 35-105/3.5-4.5 from Goodwill of Southeastern Wisconsin and Metro Chicago will probably arrive before the Topcor ships...(Still have to wait to find out if it works, playing Goodwill Roulette even though I swore I wouldn't ever again...)

Goodwill of Southern California surprised me today, literally. FedEx dropped off a second box this afternoon with the Macro Topcor. I never got an email saying it was shipped...and GoodwillFinds.com doesn't have tracking info the way shopgoodwill.com does...it doesn't even tell you if an item was shipped...

[35mmfilmfan]

Digital ? Sigh . . .

used pentax digital camera | eBay

[Wasp]

This is listed in the photography section. Sigh...

Hand Held Magnifying Glass Circuit Board Repair Magnifying Glass





https://www.bobshop.co.za/item/588718502/Hand_Held_Magnifying_Glass_Circuit_...ing_Glass.html

[fs999]

This is listed in the photography section. Sigh...

Yeah it should be in the gynaecology section

[35mmfilmfan]

yeah it should be in the gynaecology section

ouch !!!

[35mmfilmfan]

Lost for words


camara lence tamaon 1:35-45 28-50mm cf macro for Pentax made in japan | eBay


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[jeallen01]

Comment made against wrong item!

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Lost for words


camara lence tamaon 1:35-45 28-50mm cf macro for Pentax made in japan | eBay


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Well, at least he seems "honest" and has a very low starting price!

[35mmfilmfan]

The other listings from the same seller are just as hilarious :

| eBay