Pentax P30
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Posted 20/01/2022 - 18:24
I had a P30 a few years back... it is a great little camera, but i prefered the "older" ones. The P30 is neither fully electronic, or manual and i found that a bit annoying, so i tended to use the MEs, MX, K1000 etc.
It is a great camera to play with though, i got some good shots with mine.
Pentax k100d, k30d 18-55, Tamron 70-300, Tamron 500 mirror, pentax 10-17, 50 1:4, a manual 28, some extension tubes and a bagful of memory cards. That's all i need... and a load of film cameras too... that's it, honest.
It is a great camera to play with though, i got some good shots with mine.
Pentax k100d, k30d 18-55, Tamron 70-300, Tamron 500 mirror, pentax 10-17, 50 1:4, a manual 28, some extension tubes and a bagful of memory cards. That's all i need... and a load of film cameras too... that's it, honest.
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Posted 21/01/2022 - 12:55
P30s (and the ir T and N variants) are the best bargain around in manual focus 35mm film SLRs. Solid and reliable with a very good viewfinder.
Very common and without the classic looks of the K100 or ME Super means that prices are generally very low though.
Pentax hybrid user - Digital K3, film 645 and 35mm SLR and Pentax (&other) lenses adapted to Fuji X and Panasonic L digital
Fan of DA limited and old manual lenses
Very common and without the classic looks of the K100 or ME Super means that prices are generally very low though.
Pentax hybrid user - Digital K3, film 645 and 35mm SLR and Pentax (&other) lenses adapted to Fuji X and Panasonic L digital
Fan of DA limited and old manual lenses
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Posted 08/02/2022 - 20:40
The viewfinder is particularly impressive for a budget SLR.
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Posted 09/02/2022 - 00:13
I had a most interesting experience with mine. When I finished with film I put it on Ebay. Two people got themselves into a bidding war over it and it sold for £137 !
It was a good camera - but not that good.
Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass
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It was a good camera - but not that good.
Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass
My page on Photocrowd - link
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Posted 09/02/2022 - 10:23
davidwozhere wrote:
I had a most interesting experience with mine. When I finished with film I put it on Ebay. Two people got themselves into a bidding war over it and it sold for £137 !
It was a good camera - but not that good.
I had a most interesting experience with mine. When I finished with film I put it on Ebay. Two people got themselves into a bidding war over it and it sold for £137 !
It was a good camera - but not that good.
Wow. They usually sell for around £20. Are you sure it didn't have an 85/1.8 or a 35/2 on the front of it?
Pentax hybrid user - Digital K3, film 645 and 35mm SLR and Pentax (&other) lenses adapted to Fuji X and Panasonic L digital
Fan of DA limited and old manual lenses
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