Haha, that gave me a chuckle. Fortunately, I do pay my taxes, and this with my hard-earned!

Okay, so I got around to this sooner than anticipated! Below you'll find the haul!


































For those who might struggle to see what's there it comprises of:
2x ME Super (look a bit rough 'n' ready but everything feels tight, not much corrosion anywhere, looks as though they've both had new mirror seals, but not body seals (which I will change). Shutters fire, winders work as anticipated. Need to try with batteries shortly but looks good so far!
Kiron 28mm f/2. Sounds as though the spring for the 'A' setting button has come loose, and there's a little corrosion to the 'A' button itself. No worries, once it's in place I won't need to tinker with it anyway, at least on my K-70. Exceptionally clean looking. Can hear something tinkling around when moving this lens, which is probably the spring for the pin! Focus is smooth, however.
Bell and Howell 70-220mm and 2x TC. TC looks good, zoom unfortunately has a fair amount of lens separation so will be donated elsewhere. TC looks in good working order.
SMC-M 50mm f/1.7. Unfortunately a reasonable amount of fungus in there at a glance, albeit light. I'll look to dismantle and repair this one and, all going well, may extend to try and salvage the A pin on the Kiron. Feels nice though, everything is smooth.
Bell and Howell flash. Curious to try this more than anything, has some colour filters and a 'wide angle adapter' so will probably give it a whirl.
Cokin 58mm (I think) adapter and a couple of filters. Not sure what the clear one is about just yet so I'll do some digging. The 'blue' one could perhaps be an ND? Not sure, outside my knowledge-set!
Weston Master V light meter. Interested to try this out, probably won't keep but you never know!
Couple of other odds-and-sods, including a blower brush, rubber lens hood, Kodak 'film pod', few cases total (one older looking Pentax leather with a nice looking purple velvet interior).
Manuals for practically everything here, less the lenses!

Ooh... my care package has arrived! Plenty of heft to this box. Will have to inspect and lay out everything in photos for y'all later.
Have already had a quick look; everything looks pretty serviceable. One or two little niggles but for the price paid, I'm happy.

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/fs-pentax-copipod-63030

Is this the sort of thing you mean?

Very nice throughout. I like the split tone options too.

In other news I passed Malvern for the first time today to have a meeting in Pershore for the maiden visit to there, too!

Exceptional win, Kris! I’m sure you’ll absolutely squeeze the most out of it!

Batteries arrived, camera cleaned up with isopropyl alcohol and naphtha, batteries in... camera works! Meter all works correctly, auto mode works, manual mode works, sweet! Seals hadn’t arrived by end of last week so should arrive this week and can subsequently be changed.

In other news, I’ve got a job lot of stuff heading to me this week. I’ll likely be passing some stuff on to recuperate a little of the funds but looks as though there’s some decent stuff in there. Will update when it arrives!

Why thank you! It was bought blind but everything seems to be working. I just need to finish the roll of film I've wangled in there now then change the light seals which I've received from Jon Goodman!

My #4 which arrived yesterday has just had some fresh batteries in it after cleaning up the battery cap... and it works! At least, without a lens, and checking shutter speeds pointing at a bright light vs pointing under a desk it varies them in Auto... Manual I can set the shutter speed too with the buttons so all is looking good!

https://kosmofoto.com/2019/12/pentax-film-camera-poll-the-results/

Here we go, the results are in! I shan't spoil it for anyone as it makes for a good read, but I will say I have managed to pick up #1 for a third of the price they mentioned, and #4 for the same price as #1!

A beautiful selection, well varied and wonderfully processed. All feel the right amount of warm and cosy and by no means overdone.