MXs Dilema (Images Heavy!)

edumad
Posted 31/03/2009 - 09:34 Link
Ok, maybe I'm over dramatizing but I do need to decide which one of the MXs to sell and which one to keep.

What I really need to know is an approximate value of each body.
If there's a significant difference, then I'll keep the worst cosmetically.

Pentax MX 1
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I got this better picture of the line I talked about in the other thread.
The second MX has a line as well, same place, its thinner than a hair and isn't dark like this one. This seems to have dirt in the line (?). I couldn't focus on the other MX, but if you can see the thin line in this pic between the blacks dots, that's how the other line looks like.
This line isn't a problem because you focus your eye on the focus screen, but you do see it when you take your eye to the viewfinder. This does not happen with the second MX, you really have to look for it.

Pentax MX 2
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Please take into account the camera would be supplied with this tatty case:
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One of a variety of straps, original and not (including one commemorative, says Pentax 10 million). A remote shutter cord, the viewfinder cover (if I can find it ), a body cap and an old viewfinder hood thingy (curved which isn't very nice for my glasses).

I currently have a roll of film in MX 1, it has been working fine. I'm gonna develop it today.
They both work perfectly mechanically as far as I can see. I have not timed the shutter to make sure it is working properly, and I the exposure meter, although responsive will only be assured working after I develop the film.
Cosmetics and the line problem are the differences between these cameras, both have been resealed, both have clean battery compartments and will be supplied with batteries.

If you have accompanied my "Praise for the MX" thread you know almost as much about these two cameras as I do.

So, what say you of the two cameras?*

*I know you guys are honest and wont low ball me to buy it cheap, right?
hefty1
Posted 31/03/2009 - 10:05 Link
As neither of them are "mint" but both are working fine I don't think there would be an appreciable difference in value between them. Therefore, keep the one you like the most - I'm sure whoever gets the other will be pleased with it
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