Hi All,

For sale a recently purchased DA 10-17 Fisheye (bought used a couple of months ago from SRS). Boxed with a pouch and original caps - box is quite tatty. The lens, whilst not mint, is in good condition with no noticeable flaws or issues.

I'm selling it because I'm shooting more film now and have since acquired an SMC Pentax 17mm f/4 fish-eye prime for the film cameras.

£300 including UK postage (RMSD), payment by bank transfer, Paypal with fees or cleared cheque.

Regards,

John.

PM replied.

Hi Russ,

I think it's a great lens for the money - didn't really want to drop it but having just bought a 67 outfit, I need to sell on the countless other stuff I have lying around.

Regards,

John.

Price drop to £45 delivered with generic caps:



Pentax SMC-A 50mm f/1.7 by John Halliwell, on Flickr

John.

Found a 67 + metered prism + 75mm f/4.5 courtesy of The Real Camera Company in Manchester.

EDIT: They were very helpful, gave me a walk-through of the fidely bits and general advice on the camera:http://www.realcamera.co.uk/.

Thanks to all who looked/responded and PM'd.

Regards,

John.

I found a rather complicated thread on (IIRC) the US forum describing that some 44M-3 & 44M-7 etc. lenses (but not the M44-2) needed the focus ring machining back to achieve infinity focus on SP bodies because it fouled the body for some reason: link

John.

Thanks for the comments Peter.

I'm not really interested in stock photography (yours are excellent by the way) and I can understand in today's digital age why agencies don't want to hold libraries of trannies anymore. Thanks for the caution of the weight issue, I'll think more about that.

John.

Thanks to all comments, to clarify, the question was aimed at the various Pentax 6x7s. Not necessarily because it's the best camera for travel, but the only one that I feel would suit my purposes (or maybe perhaps not). The alternative would be 35mm in one form or another (LX most likely) and maybe some Limited lenses.

Hopefully I'm able to mention the reasons why I discounted rangefinders. Fuji ones have fixed lenses, Mamiya 7ii lenses (and I suspect Mamiya 6 too) are very expensive and Bronica 645RF kit is very hard to find (and I suspect expensive too).

I'm looking for a robust, non-boxy camera I can carry around without needing a bulky padded camera bag, sometimes with just one lens, sometimes up to three. While I'm reasonably happy buying a 'well used' Pentax 6x7, I'd think twice about anything else, helping to keep the cost reasonably low should it eventually come to grief.

If it's too big, heavy and cumbersome, I'll be using 35mm instead - but at 24/36 exposures a roll, it might need two bodies for mono/colour (with only ten shots on 120 you're not that far from the next roll).

Regards,

John.

Hi All,

I'm looking for a Pentax 6x7 Mirror Up / 67 body, metered prism and standard-ish lens (other lenses might be of interest). Working condition is more important than cosmetics.

If you have anything for sale please let me know.

Regards,

John.

Thanks John.

'results are staggering' is not what my bank balance was hoping for...

I'd considered a rangefinder (the Fuji's, Mamiya 7ii & Bronica 645RF) but the Fuji's don't have interchangeable lenses, the M7ii lenses are very expensive and the Bronica 645RF kit is hard to find (and not cheap either).

I have 'played' with a 67ii at FOCUS one year (can't remember whether it had the grip on or not). I wouldn't necessarily be carrying three lenses around all the time, but I would have to be happy taking the camera and one lens wherever I went.

John.