Originally posted by little laker I got one of those for $40.00 Canadian, with a nice camera bag and 3 nice lenses.
However, when I tried a flash it must have fried something in the circuits
Your probably safe with a new digital era flash, but please do yourself a favor and don't use any old flash. The one I tried shouldn't have fried the thing, but something happened.
The Pentax AF200T flash was designed to work with Pentax film SLRs, so it's fine with this camera (even gets a mention in the manual IIRC). I have no intention of putting it anywhere near my K-m as I don't trust it not to fry the circuits, but it's fine with old film cameras. I did have to give the hotshoe contacts a good clean with some medical alcohol and a cotton bud, but all the right lights came on after that.
The astonishing thing was how much better the old MV1 looked after a good clean. I haven't bothered to get a lens specifically for it as I'm avoiding anything earlier than a Pentax-A, but part of me wants to buy one of those Industar 50mm pancakes and the right adapter to fit it to this thing.