My sentiments exactly . I'm not using mine enough to justify it. But some day...

People have covered the main things.
You can check the timer and DOF preview, its the little lever on the left (facing the camera front). Push it down and actuate the shutter, you'll ear a buzz, the lever moves and the shutter fires.

On the hairline crack...
I'm still wondering how a perfectly vertical crack can occur in the prism and how there is no altering of the image... Most be something with the construction of it.
But the lack of dents is no clue, my MXs have none. To find the crack, look through the finder and try to focus on different spots on the optical path between the finder window and the focus screen.

I second the recommendation on those seal kits, I've resealed my MXs with it, the tutorials are great.

BTW, I do have one MX for sale

Hi all.
Another lens has to go, bought more out of enthusiasm then necessity or true interest in *that* FL.







The lens has some tiny specks, actually bubbles, but the glass is excellent and nothing shows in pictures.







The lens is cosmetically and mechanically excellent.





With the PK mount



Photos taken with this lens:














The price is £50 with the PK mount, shipped to UK.
If you want the KA mount (I'm selling in another post), I'll include it instead of the K one for £100.

Best regards,
Eduardo

DOH!

Well, I wont change price now...

Grab yourself a good business then.
I want to buy the 55-300mm soon, I'm photographing the Edinburgh Race.

Saving up for that 55-300mm, so not keeping this.
Its in very good condition, basically new, only used a few times.



Comes with original box

SOLD!

I agree with those remarks, however I think at the time, the text actually refered to the Pentax system which could boast a range of lenses and accessories which put them in a "long lead". Today, it is hard to get a range of primes as good as Pentax's (there are of course very good primes out there...).
The system however may be lacking.

Personally its not a problem, since I am not a professional, and my "requirements" are mostly satisfied by Pentax.

Source omitted on purpose.

It all makes much more sense when one finds out it comes from the back cover of "The Asahi Pentax Way" by Herbet Keppler from 1972 (6th Ed.).
It might have been so back then, but alas... it is no more.

It seems not everyone got caught up with all the gloomy and apocalyptic talk about Pentax.

"Today the Pentax is the most versatile camera ever produced. It has a long lead on all its competitors and the supremacy of its original design is emphasised by the fact that, basically, it has changed little over the years."

Not entirely sure, but I tend to agree.

This is going to kill any advantage in freeing yourself of those random bodies and accessories you might have laying around. Stuff that doesnt sell well will now sell for even less.
Either everyone hikes their price, so in the end buyer pays the same as now, or sellers simply loose money.

You should take care, a stable camera isn't the only requirement for good moon shots.

I've gotten some decent handheld shots of the moon, much better than many I've gotten so far with a tripod and longer lens.

A few weeks ago I shot my K10D + Vivitar 200mm F3.5 on my crummy cheap tripod and got results only slightly worse than those of a colleague from the photosoc who had his 5DmkII + 70-210mm L on a decent manfrotto tripod. Neither of us got decent shots.

Atmosferic haze, termic waves, light contamination I think it plays a major role.