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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-18-2014, 01:06 PM
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Those are good KX shots... my first roll ~6 years ago gave me one of the better pics I've ever taken:
 26680028 by Nesster, on Flickr
KX, Ilford XP2, SMC-A 28/2.8 -- I metered for the sunlit pavers
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
06-16-2014, 07:39 AM
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-10-2014, 07:02 AM
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I just love this advertising. Fascinating to read the excitement with which they tout the amazing new technological advance; complete with the all-caps shouting "INSTANTLY!". In a very short time today's advertising will seem similarly quaint.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-24-2014, 07:23 PM
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I'm also from Argentina and I can confirm that lens prices here are *very* different than in the US, but I must say that MercadoLibre is *especially* expensive. I've got much better deals through "alamaula" (a classifieds site also owned by ebay, but that works differently than ML).
For example, through alamaula I got:
A zenith camera with an helios 58 f2, a starblitz flash and a zenith camera bag, everything for 250 ARS (great deal)
A rikenon 50 1.7 for 200 ARS (good deal)
A K 135 2.5, an M 50 1.7 and an M 28 2.8, all 3 for 1500 ARS plus shipping (best f* deal evaaar!!!! esp. for the K135 ;)
On MercadoLibre, on the other hand, I have only purchased a Tak 50 f4, for 2000 ARS (yes, I paid 2 thousand ARS plus shipping)
And for the sake of completeness, on ebay, I've got an M 80-200 4.5 and a tak 35 3.5, for which I paid more money for shipping plus tax than for the lenses itselves (but cheaper overall than what I would have had to pay if bought through MercadoLibre).
Regarding the M 28 2.8, I believe it's a very capable lens, and I'm happy with it :) (Although I've had no experience with any other 28s)
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-24-2014, 05:21 PM
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The Viv has a combo Pentax-A/Ricoh P mount. It has a Ricoh pin at about 12:00 position. I can't tell for sure, but I think the pin may be the dangerous type...the kind that can get stuck on a Pentax AF body. There is a safer version of the pin that looks like a spring-loaded ball and I don't think that is it.
Steve
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-24-2014, 05:06 PM
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Are those the pictures of the actual lenses? If so that Vivitar is a Cosina and has been messed with by a potentially incompetent person. The Tokina is a Nikon mount.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-24-2014, 05:16 PM
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Elliott beat me to it. The Viv has been opened by a klutz.
Steve
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
04-24-2014, 04:15 PM
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Welcome to the forum, enjoy that "new" ME. :)
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