Just a quick bump to see if anyone is interested in buying my mint condition KP, it's currently at £330 on the ebay auction after only 1 day (6 days to go). I'm expecting it to make at least the £595 I will take for it on here if anyone's interested. I'd rather sell to someone that I know will use it and treasure it, if not I'll let the ebay auction run its course and see what it brings.

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David

Hi All

I am very reluctantly selling my Pentax KP, only because I now own two K-1's and the KP is not getting enough use. It is in mint condition, absolutely no marks or issues and with only 2,398 shutter clicks. The camera is currently on ebay, but I am willing to sell to a PentaxUser member and end the ebay auction if anyone on here wants to buy it. You can buy it from me for £595 plus postage of the buyer's choice, or alternatively you could bid for it on ebay.

The sale includes the camera body, an eyepiece cover, all three original grips, original charger with 2 original batteries, original box, original CD and all paperwork.

See images below, the final one was shot with this camera and my DA*300 lens, to give you an idea of what this camera is capable of.
















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David

Hi All

Here's a bit of a different post that I hope you will be able to get behind and help us with. I have just put up for ebay auction an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic II 35mm film SLR in excellent shape and in full working order. That's not so unusual, but the difference is that this camera was very kindly donated by one of our own members (Urbanmeister) and all the proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Aid charity. Kevin sent the camera to me so that I could prepare it for sale, which involved general cleaning, new mirror bumper, new rear door light seals and disassembly / cleaning of the front lens element group as one of the elements had the start of light fungus growth (this was successfully removed with no damage having been done).

The camera has been tested (without film) and all is operating as it should be, all operational elements have been checked and found OK. The camera is actually in superb condition for its age and shows very few signs of usage or deterioration.

The lens is unusual, it's a Soligor 28mm f/2.0 C/D P, which means it was a top of the line lens for this brand and was made by Tokina. It's all metal and very smooth in operation, the glass is now clean / clear and all moving parts are operating correctly. The lens has been tested on my K-1 and images are crisp and clear. It has two advantages over many other 28mm lenses, in that it's a f2.0 maximum aperture and it focuses very close, to around 25cms. I've never come across one of these before.

The ebay listing is linked here: link. Bearing in mind it's for charity and it's a nice camera, we would be really happy if anyone would consider supporting the sale by bidding on it. There's no reserve and it has a 99p starting price.



















Thank you in advance for anyone who bids and thank you to Urbanmeister for the kind donation of this lovely camera and lens.

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David

pm sent.

Same for me, number 1 has more interest and a completely different feel to the rest of the set, all of which is good. I'm also drawn to number 9.

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David

Hi Paul

This is the stretch between Turnerwood and Thorpe Salvin, which contains a lot of locks and is one of the prettier sections of the canal.

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David

Three excellent and interesting photos, as others have said you should mount them in a frame, I would go side-by-side rather than vertical.

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David

A few shots from on and around the Chesterfield Canal, all with the K-1, some with the Pentax-M 28mm f/3.5, some with the Tamron 70-200 f/2.8, some with the 100 f/2.8 Macro WR and I think at least one with the Pentax 28-105 WR. As always comments and criticism are welcome.

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David

Beautiful Autumn colours, lovely set of images.

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David

You are most welcome Kevin, let's see if we can get some support from this Forum when it goes live.

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David