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M42 System
As a poor student (or rather a student, which, by definition, should make me
poor) I'm looking to get a camera set-up that is good quality but doesn't cost a lot. In fact, costs very little. I've been looking at things that might be somewhat redundant. There seem to be a lot of M42 lenses around that are cheap. There also seem to be a fair amount of bodies that take these m42 lenses that are cheap as well. My understanding is that these are decent quality. Good quality. So: 1) Are the lenses good quality, desite their likely age? 2) What camera bodies would be recommended? Thank you. Sam |
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M42 System
Sorry - this was meant to be posed to the equipment newsgroup. Ignore it
(unless you've got something to say!). "Sam Graham" wrote in message ... As a poor student (or rather a student, which, by definition, should make me poor) I'm looking to get a camera set-up that is good quality but doesn't cost a lot. In fact, costs very little. I've been looking at things that might be somewhat redundant. There seem to be a lot of M42 lenses around that are cheap. There also seem to be a fair amount of bodies that take these m42 lenses that are cheap as well. My understanding is that these are decent quality. Good quality. So: 1) Are the lenses good quality, desite their likely age? 2) What camera bodies would be recommended? Thank you. Sam |
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M42 System
About the best of the M42 stuff is the Fujica ST-801..they hold up(however
you'd better figure on redoing the light seals on just about any of them you buy) the finder is the brightest of the older M42's and they handle well and take the easy to find PX-28 battery. As for lenses,..well,the older Tamron Adaptall stuff is pretty good and prices are pretty good. The 80-210 F 3.8/4 zoom is pretty good and they go for as low as $50 on Ebay. "Sam Graham" wrote in message ... Sorry - this was meant to be posed to the equipment newsgroup. Ignore it (unless you've got something to say!). "Sam Graham" wrote in message ... As a poor student (or rather a student, which, by definition, should make me poor) I'm looking to get a camera set-up that is good quality but doesn't cost a lot. In fact, costs very little. I've been looking at things that might be somewhat redundant. There seem to be a lot of M42 lenses around that are cheap. There also seem to be a fair amount of bodies that take these m42 lenses that are cheap as well. My understanding is that these are decent quality. Good quality. So: 1) Are the lenses good quality, desite their likely age? 2) What camera bodies would be recommended? Thank you. Sam |
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