If the meter works and the shutter speeds change then I would think that
$30.00 US
is an undeliverable bargain, for any working SLR camera. If the shop would
have
offered any type of money back guarantee, say three days to make sure that
every
thing functioned properly I would have bought it immediately. You could
probably
get $100 US for it on e-bay sold as is if it looks at all presentable.
By the way they made it so small by leaving out a number of things such as
a shutter
speed dial and DOF which involved linkages.
If you do pick it up you should be on the lookout for a Screw to K mount
adapter,
get the Pentax manufactured version the others are notoriously bad.
At 04:44 PM 8/15/2001 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi,
>I've spotted a slightly beat up MEsuper (body only) in an antique store
>(AUD$65, ~US$30), a few light scratches on the baseplate, a rough scratch
>(like dropped on concrete or attacked with a bastard file perhaps?) on the
>top of the prism, the mirror bumper foam has been replaced, and insides look
>clean. The meter is working and seems to be about right, although I had
>nothing to compare it to at the time. Shutter fires fine on all settings,
>but I don't know if the timing's right without putting film through it.
>
>I'm currently using an old screwmount practika (my only Tak is a 35/3.5) and
>was considering picking this up, and a couple of cheap K mount lenses,
>aperture priority and TTL metering appeals to me, although lack of DOF
>preview kinda sucks.
>
>What I'm asking the group is; what's the general opinion of the MEsuper, any
>things to look out for/avoid and how did they make it so damned small :-)?
>
>I'll be back to look at it in a couple of days, hopefully with a lens and
>some magic sticky tape in hand to test focus and make sure the prism isn't
>out of alignment and a meter to compare it against.
>
>Thanks,
>Andrew Blake
>
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