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| 07-23-2019, 07:12 PM | #496 |
| Staff note: This post may contain affiliate links, which means Pentax Forums may earn a small commission if a visitor clicks through and makes a purchase. If you would like to support the forum directly, you may also make a donation here.  Originally posted by boriscleto  The WLF is handy at car shows, and the F5 allows me to use all my AF-S, VR and G lenses. | |
| 07-23-2019, 08:00 PM | #497 |
| Originally posted by Arved I paid less for my F5, and it came with both the prism and waist level finders. You can easily get an F100 for half that, and it's much better featured and build quality. The WLF is handy at car shows, and the F5 allows me to use all my AF-S, VR and G lenses. | |
| 07-28-2019, 08:24 PM | #499 |
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Not even a blurry cell phone photo  | |
| 07-30-2019, 05:36 AM | #500 |
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Sometimes a bad listing works out.   The Nikkor-S Auto 50/1.4 sells for $50+ (with fungus) on eBay plus shipping... The Mamiya is trash... | |
| 08-02-2019, 06:37 PM | #501 |
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Once again a west coast goodwill fails to ship a package paid for on Tuesday before the weekend... And FedEx thinks it will take 10 days to deliver a package that's already in NJ   Last edited by boriscleto; 08-02-2019 at 06:43 PM. | |
| 08-03-2019, 03:15 PM - 2 Likes | #503 |
| Originally posted by Racer X 69 Just like people who call the thing under the hood of their car a "motor". It isn't a motor, it is an engine. Big difference. A motor can be anything that imparts motion - a 'motion-er' so to speak. You can compare here both American and British usage, which both specify an automobile motor/engine (in British it is also a colloquial term for a car as a whole by the way): Motor definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary An Engine is more specific in modern usage, but historically is any kind of machine (such as a seige engine). Nowadays it is mostly used for cars and such, but also the entire front end of a train and of course steam engines, which use an external power source. Engine definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary English is a fantastic language, mainly because it is actually very vague and flexible and can rarely be pinned down to 'correct' or 'incorrect' such as you attempted there... In the end, 'correct' is whatever people commonly use and incorrect is whatever people commonly believe is wrong. There is no prescriptive authority to define what words do and don't mean unlike, for example, French. So if many people use 'motor' as you use 'engine', then they are correct and so are you and both will end up in the dictionary. Just like LOL and cellphone and twerk have...which is why it evolves and remains useful over time. | |
| 08-03-2019, 07:26 PM - 1 Like | #504 |
| Originally posted by Wasp A favorite bugbear of mine is the typical seller of Samsung NX gear. They are oblivious to the fact that Samsung hasn't sold them in years and no longer support them. In their world their precious NX1 body is still worth a lot of money. Grrrr...  There are 2 NX1 cameras for sale in my area on the internet...so I decided to read some of the past reviews....still an interesting camera even for 2019. But the owners of these cameras must have somehow forgotten that they are discontinued and now orphaned...no more parts and likely little in repairs. But the prices are crazy..one is $1700 CDN for body and lens, the other is $1500 for body and battery grip! The second one wants close to $3000 for their kit of body, grip, and 3 lenses. It seems NX1 owners live on a different planet, IMO. | |
| 08-04-2019, 06:41 AM | #505 |
| Originally posted by VSTAR There are 2 NX1 cameras for sale in my area on the internet...so I decided to read some of the past reviews....still an interesting camera even for 2019. But the owners of these cameras must have somehow forgotten that they are discontinued and now orphaned...no more parts and likely little in repairs. But the prices are crazy..one is $1700 CDN for body and lens, the other is $1500 for body and battery grip! The second one wants close to $3000 for their kit of body, grip, and 3 lenses. It seems NX1 owners live on a different planet, IMO. But I'd blame the buyers as much as the sellers. If there weren't enough desperate buyers willing to pay anything to get one of these cameras, the prices would slump. And it is because a much-beloved product has been discontinued and orphaned (and never sold in high volumes in the first place) that prices can be this crazy. Owners of living brands know they can wait and get a newer better model so they'll only pay "used" prices for used products. Owners of orphaned brands have no alternatives and may have to pay "new" or higher prices to get anything. | |
| 08-04-2019, 06:15 PM - 1 Like | #506 |
| Kipon Adapter for Pentax K PK Mount Lens to Canon Eos with ROM Amazon Kipon Adapter for Pentax K PK Mount Lens to Canon Eos with ROM amazon.com.au: B008KUWOGU?tag=pentaxforums-20& $165.63 Product details Product Dimensions: 12.6 x 10.4 x 16.5 cm ; 998 g Boxed-product Weight: 259 g Item Model Number: REPU5 ASIN: B008KUWOGU Date first available at amazon.com.au: 10 April 2018 ?tag=pentaxforums-20&  | |
| 08-05-2019, 04:32 PM | #507 |
| 08-05-2019, 05:38 PM | #508 |
| Originally posted by disconnekt Looks like a steal at $1100+, wounder if its better than the K-3II at that price lol Pentax K-x - Digital camera - SLR - 12.4 MP - APS-C - 720p - 3x optical zoom DA L 18-55mm AL lens - red - Walmart.com  | |
| 08-06-2019, 03:09 PM | #509 |
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I'm pretty sure FedEx sent this package by sailing ship around the Cape Horn. Now that it's on the east coast it is probably moving by mule train. Once they hand it off to the USPS I'm sure I'll have it the next day. 10 days. And I paid $13.00 plus tax...A medium flat rate box from USPS would have cost the same and I would have had the package in 3 days.   | |
| 08-06-2019, 06:43 PM - 1 Like | #510 |
| Originally posted by boriscleto I'm pretty sure FedEx sent this package by sailing ship around the Cape Horn. Now that it's on the east coast it is probably moving by mule train. Once they hand it off to the USPS I'm sure I'll have it the next day. 10 days. And I paid $13.00 plus tax...A medium flat rate box from USPS would have cost the same and I would have had the package in 3 days. Attachment 460106 Attachment 460105 | |
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