[ctrout]

They are indeed going up. I missed the boat on one with a 40mm pancake on the forums here for I think it was about a hundred bucks about six months ago. It was already sold by the time I inquired, but the guy was selling another one with a 28 for 80$.

Mighty Mike is currently selling a working MX missing the power winder door for 78$ US, not a bad deal tbh, about what a decent K1000 will run.

I just sold my very nice, working MX with a 50mm f1.7 SMC M for $95 shipped.

[monochrome]

Going on my observations over the last decade, and the price tracking on PF (Pentax MX - Pentax Manual Focus Film SLRs - Pentax Camera Reviews and Specifications), MX prices haven't being going up at all. If anything they've had a gradual, long-term downward trend. When I first got into Pentax 35mm (which would have been around 2008) I expected to pay about $150 for a clean MX.

From 1998 Until 2005 or 2006 I traded Pentax bodies and lenses on eBay. I often bought a camera or camera lot to get the lenses, replaced the foam and sold the camera and maybe the lenses separately if I didn’t need them. I got most of my (nearly complete) K lens collection that way.

From my old records the clearing price for a clean chrome MX was $229 and black was +$40 If you could find one. KX was $169 +$20 for black. K2 was $229 - $249. LX was $400+ and often you didn’t get a grip, lugs or strap, and only an FA-1 Finder. Clean, working Japan or Hong Kong K1000’s have been $100 - $125 for 20 years, +$60 with a recent CLA.

All but the LX were priced above with a M50/2 and ER case. A wag once posted here that every M50/2 ever made had changed hands on eBay by 2006. At one point I sent 17 M50/2’s to KEH for $10 a piece.

[abruzzi]

I just sold my very nice, working MX with a 50mm f1.7 SMC M for $95 shipped.

And I bought a very nice MX with SMC-M 50/1.7 for $95 shipped.

MightyMike also has a couple of MXs for sale in the classifieds for the Canadian equivalent of US$80. They are far more reasonably priced cameras than the LX (which is a great camera, I’m sure, but a lot more money.)

[Mikheil88]

The thing with K1000 is a great example of what Internet hype can do. A little more capable camera, KM costs less than K1000. Other examples of such mistreat are Canon AE-1 (versus a much better canon A-1), Olympus Mju and countless other point-and-shoots.

I think we should be thankful though because actual good cameras aren't glorified and can be bought at a fair price.

[Lord Lucan]

A little more capable camera, KM costs less than K1000.

True, the K1000 was only a KM with the self-timer and DoF lever removed*. However there is the point that a K1000 is likely to be newer than a KM (or KX, K2 or even an M-series), as KMs ceased production in 1976 while K1000s were made until ~1996. Having said that, later K1000s were not of the original high quality, and most buyers are unaware of the age of what they are buying anyway.

* And some other minor differences.

[Mikheil88]

True, the K1000 was only a KM with the self-timer and DoF lever removed*. However there is the point that a K1000 is likely to be newer than a KM (or KX, K2 or even an M-series), as KMs ceased production in 1976 while K1000s were made until ~1996. Having said that, later K1000s were not of the original high quality, and most buyers are unaware of the age of what they are buying anyway.

* And some other minor differences.

Ineed you have a point there, which I nearly forgot - if something I buy is only 20-25 years old, it will theoretically last longer than something twice that age.

[LesDMess]

Ineed you have a point there, which I nearly forgot - if something I buy is only 20-25 years old, it will theoretically last longer than something twice that age.

I am not sure how long they were meant to last, but my rejuvenated original AP seems as good as the day it was made.

[tonyzoc]

Going on my observations over the last decade, and the price tracking on PF (Pentax MX - Pentax Manual Focus Film SLRs - Pentax Camera Reviews and Specifications), MX prices haven't being going up at all. If anything they've had a gradual, long-term downward trend. When I first got into Pentax 35mm (which would have been around 2008) I expected to pay about $150 for a clean MX.

In the late 90s I was getting MX bodies on ebay for $60-$80 regularly. Not mint, but good working users. I had my first MX in 1980 I bought used at a local camera store and paid $125 for the body only. At the time a new body was $185 or so. This can still be done... today I just missed an MX with 1.7 and winder in eBay for $96. It just not as common at that price ..maybe 1 a week I see. When you look on eBay these says...most clean MXs are $150 to $250 with or without a lens. This opinion is based on my 20+ years on eBay and 30+ years as a Pentax owner



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I just sold my very nice, working MX with a 50mm f1.7 SMC M for $95 shipped.

Oh that was you? Damn I just missed it...I should have set my max higher. It looked pretty clean.

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And I bought a very nice MX with SMC-M 50/1.7 for $95 shipped.

MightyMike also has a couple of MXs for sale in the classifieds for the Canadian equivalent of US$80. They are far more reasonably priced cameras than the LX (which is a great camera, I’m sure, but a lot more money.)

Congrats! I was bidding on that one too. It was a deal at that price for sure.

[ctrout]

In the late 90s I was getting MX bodies on ebay for $60-$80 regularly. Not mint, but good working users. I had my first MX in 1980 I bought used at a local camera store and paid $125 for the body only. At the time a new body was $185 or so. This can still be done... today I just missed an MX with 1.7 and winder in eBay for $96. It just not as common at that price ..maybe 1 a week I see. When you look on eBay these says...most clean MXs are $150 to $250 with or without a lens. This opinion is based on my 20+ years on eBay and 30+ years as a Pentax owner



---------- Post added 09-22-18 at 11:45 AM ----------

Oh that was you? Damn I just missed it...I should have set my max higher. It looked pretty clean.

---------- Post added 09-22-18 at 11:46 AM ----------

Congrats! I was bidding on that one too. It was a deal at that price for sure.

I think that you are referring to a different camera. I sold mine in the classifieds here in the forums.
S1a, MX, KM, MIJ K1000 SE, Super Program, 50mm f1.4, 35-70mm F3.5-4.5, and TONS more. - PentaxForums.com

[leekil]

Why do people who live in small apartments in big, congested cities buy full sized, extended cab pickups?

To double their living space!

[Xmas]

Another pornographic thread!

[twilhelm]

I recently found a deal on eBay I couldn't pass. A black K2 with lens and flash. The photo's weren't the greatest, so I ended up paying $40. The surprise was when it made it to my door, everything looks nearly new, there isn't a scratch on the camera or lens, and the old Vivitar flash had working batteries.

Now I've been trying to find a silver one to go with it, but I was ruined by that price...

[womble]

I recently found a deal on eBay I couldn't pass. A black K2 with lens and flash. The photo's weren't the greatest, so I ended up paying $40. The surprise was when it made it to my door, everything looks nearly new, there isn't a scratch on the camera or lens, and the old Vivitar flash had working batteries.

Now I've been trying to find a silver one to go with it, but I was ruined by that price...

Nice pick-up! It's much harder to find great bargains like this than it used to be.

[gofour3]

as KMs ceased production in 1976 while K1000s were made until ~1996. Having said that, later K1000s were not of the original high quality, and most buyers are unaware of the age of what they are buying anyway.

That's the main reason for me to pick a KM over a K1000, all KM's have a great solid build and only the early K1000's do. There is a big difference between an early MIJ K1000 and one of the last MIC ones.

Phil.

[Digitalis]

Blame the cronut-eating latte-sipping hipster crowd. In all seriousness: I suspect the resurrection of ektachrome would have something to do with it.

Years ago in the fall you'd often see cars driving south from Upstate NYwith deer carcasses tied to the trunk, sometimes even the hood.

..I know this is completely OT: but wouldn't having a dead animal strapped to your car like that smell absolutely horrendous?

Where I live, Hipsters drive Teslas around town. The wealthy drive old Camrys or Accords or Subarus because they work

... nice burn there!