[Metric]

Hello everyone! Long time lurker and first time poster :P

I recently managed to get a hold of a few older Pentax film cameras for a steal of a price. Got a A3000,P30T and a MZ-5 with 2x 28-70 F4.0 lenses for $45 Canadian. All are working with exception of the A3000, It had pretty bad battery corrosion, I cleaned it out best I could with 99% IPA But I still can't get it to power on.


I'm looking forward to sifting through the wealth of knowledge here on the forums, And am already looking into getting either a KP or waiting for the new APS-C DSLR to replace my failing micro four thirds camera.

Cheers.

[aslyfox]

Welcome

you will find friendly members and a lot of knowledge here

[Kerrowdown]

Welcome to the forum, continue to enjoy all that the forum has to offer.

[Unregistered User 8]

Hi from Australia.

[gofour3]

Welcome from Vancouver!

Phil.

[C_Jones]

Welcome to Pentax Forums.

[PJ1]

Another "Hi" from Australia. Corrosion does nasty stuff. Good luck with it. I had an A3000 myself once.

[jbinpg]

Welcome from Prince George! - Jack

[Mikesul]

Welcome to the forum.

[whammerhead]

Welcome!
On a separate note, and out of curiosity, why is your state in Canada still called 'British' Columbia... which of course leads to UJ in national flags of Australia, NZ, Fiji etc
Apologies got off topic there.
Again. Wecome to the forum.

[Metric]

Welcome!
On a separate note, and out of curiosity, why is your state in Canada still called 'British' Columbia... which of course leads to UJ in national flags of Australia, NZ, Fiji etc
Apologies got off topic there.
Again. Wecome to the forum.

A direct quote from the Canadian governments website

"The southern part of the area now known as British Columbia was called “Columbia”, after the Columbia River. The central region was given the name of “New Caledonia” by explorer Simon Fraser. To avoid confusion with Colombia in South America and the island of New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean, Queen Victoria named the area British Columbia when it became a colony in 1858"

And to further add to that the river was renamed sometime after to the Fraser River after Simon Fraser. Also, Their called Provinces here .

[RGlasel]

"The southern part of the area now known as British Columbia was called “Columbia”, after the Columbia River.

Just to throw some more trivia into the pot, the Columbia River, which runs through Portland, Oregon, used to be the international border between the western territories of the United States and Hudson's Bay Company (which was chartered by Charles II of England in 1670) until 1846, when Great Britain made a bunch of unnecessary concessions to the U.S. in the Oregon Treaty. The Oregon Treaty established the boundary between the U.S. and the British territory west of the Great Lakes along the 49th parallel. The source of the Columbia River is still in Canada (Columbia Lake, south of Invermere, B.C., just west of the province of Alberta, on the western side of the Rocky Mountains), but after running north through Golden, B.C., it bends to the south and enters the U.S. just south of the town of Trail, B.C. The Fraser River is some distance north of the Columbia and is entirely within the province of British Columbia.


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[Metric]

Just to throw some more trivia into the pot, the Columbia River, which runs through Portland, Oregon, used to be the international border between the western territories of the United States and Hudson's Bay Company (which was chartered by Charles II of England in 1670) until 1846, when Great Britain made a bunch of unnecessary concessions to the U.S. in the Oregon Treaty. The Oregon Treaty established the boundary between the U.S. and the British territory west of the Great Lakes along the 49th parallel. The source of the Columbia River is still in Canada (Columbia Lake, south of Invermere, B.C., just west of the province of Alberta, on the western side of the Rocky Mountains), but after running north through Golden, B.C., it bends to the south and enters the U.S. just south of the town of Trail, B.C. The Fraser River is some distance north of the Columbia and is entirely within the province of British Columbia.


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Ahh good to know, Thanks. Got my history a bit mixed up, Thanks for the corrections