All the "M" Well almost (before the hammer falls)
Just had a look through completed listings here, and it looks as though M lenses go from about £10 upwards, so have a look and see how many you have that would sell for the lower amounts, £1000 may well be a good price. Don't forget it's only the items with the amount in green that have sold.
Dan
It may be a few hours work, but I would research the value of each lens. eBay would be a good start: Advanced Search, Completed Items.
If it were me I think I'd be loathe to sell them at any price, but you can console yourself that the 77 seems to be as good as everyone says it is, I'm a recent owner myself.
Disposing of this collection is the right thing to do, from a financial point of view. With some exceptions, these lenses are readily available, and support for them on Pentax cameras is not what it was. They're not going to go up in value.
But you'll miss them.
In your shoes, I would buy the most desirable of the manual-era lenses, the 50mm 1.2, and keep it as a link with the past. Even they seem to be selling for under 150 pounds these days.
G
All the other "M" series have more limited features so I'd avoid them. The MEF looks a mess and the focus assist isn't up to much so I wouldn't bother with that, I had a lovely mint one and only got about £20 when I sold it.
I argue that as a users camera this makes the ME-F the very best of the M series, unless you want the manualness of the MX.
OK the AF system only works with one lens which is about as common as rocking horse droppings, and even rarer if you want one that works, but the AF assist is pretty good with fast lenses and you can always turn it off.
You get all the features of the ME Super, plus AF assist and because no one has heard of an MEF they go for about half the price of the Super.
Ideal. I love mine to bits and will never part with it.
but it does help
I argue that as a users camera this makes the ME-F the very best of the M series, unless you want the manualness of the MX.
With the greatest respect, Mongoose, I agree completely. If there was any chance that I might want to shoot film again, I would buy one.
In fact, I might anyway. Was it not the world's first AF SLR?
G
The MX is the only really decent "M" camera. I wouldn't be saying that if any of the others had a shutter speed dial.
DIGITAL - Nikon : D300 - 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED AF-S VR DX
lenses. Still got 2 or 3 MX's and an MEF and a couple of Super A's
I'd hang onto the 80-200mm zoom. I've still not seen anything sharper
beyond 20m away.
EDIT: Just noticed the original date of this post
shim
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I don't think this battery business is really relevant. It's not like a DSLR, which consumes lots of big, heavy, hungry, batteries. You put a battery in the Super A and it will last for a year, maybe three. And a spare is smaller and lighter than a 2p piece, so it's not a problem to carry a lifetime's supply.
Your point is a valid one George, however, I probably should have mentioned that I "collect" battery free cameras and was after something that could take my Pentax glass whilst simultaneously adding to my 60-odd mechanical bodies.
I don't have any Pentax stuff at the moment (except the K10D, my Auto 110 set and a compact 90 Zoom) and I like taking them apart, cleaning them up and putting them together again (jigsaw style) as much as I like taking photos with them. I can't seem to go to a car boot sale these days without buying an Olympus Trip (currently own 7), Rollei B35 (2) or even a Kodak Brownie (3). Most of them I end up selling or giving away once they're working & looking like new again; others (like my Rollei TLR and my Leica IIIf) I can't imagine ever letting go of.
So while I'm sure the Super A is a better body it just doesn't tickle my fancy in the same way the MX does...
I have a friend, well lets say someone i know in my camera club and he has a bunch of old screw mount Ms and A lenses as well as bodies (not sure what they are though).
Well he is doing the opposite to you guys and selling his DA lenses as he is in a bit of a financial bind at the moment.
He reasons it will be easier to replace his digital stuff when he gets back on his feet and will just revert back to film with all his beloved older lenses, which he swears he will never sell. Sound reasoning i guess.
He has some nice DA and EX Sigma lenses also, so i might pick up a bargain or 2.
Pentax Lenses:|DA12-24/f4 ED AL|DA35Ltd Macro|FA31Ltd|FA77Ltd|FA50/1.4|F70-210|FA20-35 f4/AL|A*200/f4 Macro ED|A50/1.7|A50 Macro f2.8|1.7xAF adapter|
Voigtlander|125/f2.5SL Macro APO Lanthar|
Sigma Lenses:|EX DG 100-300 f4|2X & 1.4X TC|
Flashes:|AF540FGZx2|RingFlash AF160FC|