Thanks so much for rubbing it in. You've been added to my "people I hate" list. <g>
On 1/30/06, Jon Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This has been a month or two ago, but I don't recall > bragging about this one to the list, so I guess I'll > blather about it now. :) > > Saw a "35 mm Pentax camera and two lenses" listed in > the P&S category. Clicked on it, and it's obviously an > ME SE (M-series body with brown leatherette). Had two > zoom lenses of some sort in the auction, but I also > noticed a little bitty tiny lens in the picture - I > emailed the seller to ask about it, and sure enough > it's the M40/2.8 pancake lens. I negotiated a better > shipping rate with the seller (listing quoted an > obscene amount) and still ended up paying less > shipping than I thought. So all in all, I paid under > $30 shipped for the following: > > ME SE body, _very_ clean, seems to work except frame > counter died after the first test roll > M40/2.8 with caps and box > Soligor 28-80, already resold it on ebay, got back > nearly 2/3 what I paid for the lot. > Sigma 80-200 with a foggy element inside > Vivitar 283 flash and sync cord > Pile of misc filters, paperwork, accessories, etc. > > I love this little ME SE. It's just in such nice > shape, and I'm rather partial to the brown > leatherette. I can't help but wonder what a 43mm Ltd. > would look like on it. > > I am curious about fixing the counter though. At > first, it jammed past the "36", but careful prodding > where the back closes and enables the counter allowed > it to spin back to the start, but now it acts like it > wants to advance, but doesn't catch and falls back to > the start. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- "You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman
