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Pentax Film Project

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tonybelding Senior Member • Posts: 1,140
Re: Pentax Film Project
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JL Salvignol wrote:

A film camera is like a vinyl turntable: expensive and so much fun to use.

And what a great school for the younger generation: an updated k1000 compatible with the old K and M42 lenses. I'm in for it as soon as it's announced.

That turntable comparison might be right on target.  Technics made some buzz when they got back into the turntable business.  This year I replaced my decades-old Technics SL-D2 with a new Technics SL-1500C, and I bought a SugarCube noise reduction box to go with it.

And it wasn't cheap.  But I'm not the only one buying.  Everyone complains about the SugarCube being wildly overpriced, and yet somehow they're chronically "sold out" if you want to get your hands on one.

As for a new Pentax SLR. . .  Personally, I'd wish for something more like a Pentax ZX-5n, except reliable and not plastic fantastic.  Something I could put my FA 43 on and autofocus and also use the aperture ring.

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