Pentax spotting

[J.C. O'Connell]

just saw a tv commercial for a new film
and it clearly shows a character using
a near mint pentax spotmatic in two different
scenes.
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J.C. O'Connell
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[P. J. Alling]

I've bought a number of Bargain items, (as well as a couple of Ex
items), from them and have always felt that I got more than I paid
for. Hopefully this will prove to be the same.

My experience with KEH is it doesn't take much of a cosmetic blemish
for KEH to rate an item "Bargain"; sometimes those blemishes are so
small I can't find them. Over the years, I've purchased several
"Bargain" items from KEH that I would have rated as "Excellent".
I much prefer "Excellent Plus" or "Excellent" if I can afford them,
but I've never bought anything from KEH that didn't appear to me to be
better than the rating implies.

I've received products from KEH that looked brand new, that were rated
bargain.  I'm pretty sure that my present K-5II, if it worked reliably,
and recorded an image every time the shutter cycled, which it doesn't,
would be rated UGLY by KEH.   I really don't care about the physical
disfigurement, if it's not too extreme, though it does hurt when I
manage to be the first to disfigure the equipment, as long as it
actually does it's job, well.
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America wasn't founded so that we could all be better.
America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please.
- P.J. O'Rourke

[Ken Waller]

I've purchased several items from KEH over the years and have always felt that the items they sent me were in better shape than their ratings would have implied. Conversely I just sold them a very slightly used K-10 which was absolutely pristine with very low shutter usage along with the original box and all the contents as new and they downgraded it simply because it was in fact used.


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Subject: So I ordered a replacement K-5II from KEH
Because,, with a coupon code they sent me today, the Bargain copy was
less than $250.00 which makes it considerably less expensive than repair
of my current K-5II.  They've extended the 6 month warranty, to 1 year
until the end of this year.  16mp and it's general functionality, is
pretty much sufficient for anything I do.  Most importantly the K20D is
very frustrating to use, (especially in it's current battered state),
and while it's good in a pinch, as a backup, I've been spoiled.
Sure a K-3 would be better in some ways, (though I've optomized my
current desktop for 16 mb files and don't want to upgrade that too, and
I'd probably have to), and this is the best deal I've seen since my
K-5II started to flake out.  Now I'll have to start saving pennies again.
I've bought a number of Bargain items, (as well as a couple of Ex
items), from them and have always felt that I got more than I paid for. 
Hopefully this will prove to be the same.
Now all I have to do is find someone who want's a K-5II for parts or
repair.  I'd do the same with the K-20 but it's still mostly functional
except for the broken sd card door, and cracked viewfinder lens, (it's
quite trippy, when the light is at certain angles, if you know what I
mean).
--
America wasn't founded so that we could all be better.
America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please.
- P.J. O'Rourke

[Ken Waller]

The film was "Welcome to Marwen" and I think it is an Asahi Spotmatic.

Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

----- Original Message -----
From: "J.C. O'Connell" <***@gate.net>
Subject: Pentax spotting

Post by J.C. O'Connell
just saw a tv commercial for a new film
and it clearly shows a character using
a near mint pentax spotmatic in two different
scenes.
--
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[John]

Post by Ken Waller
The film was "Welcome to Marwen" and I think it is an Asahi Spotmatic.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
Subject: Pentax spotting

Post by J.C. O'Connell
just saw a tv commercial for a new film
and it clearly shows a character using
a near mint pentax spotmatic in two different
scenes.
--
J.C. O'Connell
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