Pentax LX

siliconchippy
Posted 26/06/2012 - 09:06 Link
Check this out, what a beauty.

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Will
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fatspider
Posted 26/06/2012 - 09:18 Link
I think the many of us have seen the gold plated LX before Will, but that link has some other interesting stuff too.

I wonder if the light seals are still OK on those LX's
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womble
Posted 26/06/2012 - 11:24 Link
I doubt the seals are much good. It is such an ugly beast. I much prefer the looks of the LX 2000, a much nicer special edition.

K.
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
Algernon
Posted 26/06/2012 - 11:38 Link
There used to be someone in Italy who did one off
Gold Plating, Snakeskin etc. I wonder if he did
this? He did the Gold Rolleiflexes.

Edit: This is a Konica that he's supposed to have done

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Algi
Edited by Algernon: 26/06/2012 - 11:44
spinno
Posted 26/06/2012 - 16:08 Link
How many shutter actuations on that boy? Has it ever seen a roll of film?
Would it be useful for street photography....
David
doingthebobs
Posted 26/06/2012 - 17:59 Link
Never seen 'Brassing' as bad as that!

Lets face it, it never caught on did it? The black LX was much more popular.
Bob
Posted 26/06/2012 - 20:27 Link
Not seen a Gold plated LX, but I did see a Gold Plated Nikon in Cambridge a while ago.
Typical Nikon, copying Pentax!
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K10D
Posted 27/06/2012 - 00:26 Link
Offertonhatter wrote:
Not seen a Gold plated LX, but I did see a Gold Plated Nikon in Cambridge a while ago.
Typical Nikon, copying Pentax!
I wonder when Nikon will also copy Minolta as Pentax did with in body SR?

Best regards
Too far from a shore.
johnha
Posted 27/06/2012 - 01:34 Link
K10D wrote:
Offertonhatter wrote:
Not seen a Gold plated LX, but I did see a Gold Plated Nikon in Cambridge a while ago.
Typical Nikon, copying Pentax!
I wonder when Nikon will also copy Minolta as Pentax did with in body SR?

Best regards
Nah they won't, they've a big line in (expensive) VR lenses instead.
ChrisPlatt
Posted 28/06/2012 - 00:41 Link
If you gold plated a turd someone would buy it to put on his mantelpiece.

Chris
Bring back the latent image!
Algernon
Posted 28/06/2012 - 07:54 Link
ChrisPlatt wrote:
If you gold plated a turd someone would buy it to put on his mantelpiece.

Chris
I don't think it would have to be gold plated for that to happen
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