Hi, A friend of mine is just getting into photography at the moment, and I'm trying to outfit him with a decent kit for the very limited budget he has. Having spent AUD200 already, he's managed to give a new home to John Coyle's MZ5, with a grip, cable switch and a cloudy samsung 35-135 manual focus lens (to be replaced).
This leaves AUD 100, with him still looking to replace the lens and get a basic flash unit. It's really not much to go on, but I was wondering if anyone on the list had a misc AF 28-70 or 28-80, maybe the standard of a typical kit lens (3.5-5.6, 3.5-4.5? I doubt that budget would get a 2.8-4..), sitting around having been upgraded and made redundant (and was willing to let it go cheaply). It doesn't have to be a Pentax, as nice as that would be. It doesn't have to be a metal mount, but that would be wonderful too. Also sort of looking for a basic flash unit for his new mz 5 which doesn't require too much thinking. Would be nice if it had bounce, but it's not necessary I suppose. Plus the fact this fits into the budget with the lens.. Depending on how it goes there's a possibility he puts one item off til he can scrounge up a couple more dollars, but we'll see how it goes. TIA Cheers, Ryan
