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akptc
12-16-2007, 12:31
Only $7K, wow :) (370005611610)

http://www.arsenal-photo.eu/bildhk/00942.jpg
nzeeman
12-16-2007, 12:33
i am really scared of this one...
akptc
12-16-2007, 12:35
If only it came with matching cowboy shoes and a hat...
oftheherd
12-16-2007, 13:02
Considering that looks like a plastic lens cap, I would think this is just a cheap knock off. :D :D
sepiareverb
12-16-2007, 13:09
Would be a real shame to use that one. ;)

This seems even crazier:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Pentax-LX-Twin-Terminal-Cap-UNUSED-NO-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ170173626815QQihZ007QQcategoryZ15 240QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Mudman
12-16-2007, 13:22
only person who would have bought that camera would have been a drug dealer in the 80's.
Peter_Jones
12-16-2007, 13:27
I think it's Huggy Bear's camera :D
erikhaugsby
12-16-2007, 13:51
And who said it's a shame to let a collector buy a mint-in-box camera? :p
Trius
12-16-2007, 17:48
Yeah, but it's f1.2 ... oh ye of little faith.
rxmd
12-16-2007, 17:58
only person who would have bought that camera would have been a drug dealer in the 80's.
Or people who use the PimpZilla (http://www.pimpzilla.nl/install.php) theme in their web browsers.

Philipp
Uncle Bill
12-16-2007, 18:10
Wasn't this Tony Montana's camera?
nikon_sam
12-16-2007, 18:20
I guess the gold chain is being sold in another auction...???
Keith
12-16-2007, 18:30
It just screams ... stealth! :p

"BLING"
akptc
12-16-2007, 18:37
I keep thinkg, that camera, those cowboy boots, would go nicely with my ride...:D http://www.fastcoolcars.com/images/pimpedcars03/Pimp-My-Ride-0053.jpg
Kim Coxon
12-17-2007, 05:05
I still far prefer mine. Much more tastefull. The Titanium one was quite nice too. :D

http://www.pentax-manuals.com/camgallery/9.jpg

Kim
shadowfox
12-17-2007, 08:19
I was just thinking .. "wait until Kim sees this" :D
Kim Coxon
12-17-2007, 08:44
They also produced a gold K1000 and I haven't forgiven them for that either. :D

http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/bodies/K/K1000_go_bl.jpg

Kim

I was just thinking .. "wait until Kim sees this" :D
hans voralberg
12-17-2007, 08:48
Love that special 50/1.2, quite rare is it not
Kim Coxon
12-17-2007, 08:56
They produced 2000 kits with the LX 2000 and that lens for the Millenium. It was not sold seperately. It is metal construction and has a hood and lens cap similar the the 43mm Ltd. Otherwise, it is the same optically as the "A" version.

Love that special 50/1.2, quite rare is it not
akptc
12-17-2007, 09:53
They produced 2000 kits with the LX 2000 and that lens for the Millenium. It was not sold seperately. It is metal construction and has a hood and lens cap similar the the 43mm Ltd. Otherwise, it is the same optically as the "A" version. Kim, do you still have the LX 2000?
Kim Coxon
12-17-2007, 09:54
:D :D :D

Kim

Kim, do you still have the LX 2000?
akptc
12-17-2007, 10:00
:D :D :D

Kim I AM SOOOOOO JEALOUS!!
andrealed
12-18-2007, 09:33
I guess the gold chain is being sold in another auction...???

the winner...
http://www.disegnopposto.com/pastrugni/Brenz_tamarro.jpg
Wompa
12-23-2007, 01:15
That pimp man! Real PIMP!
retow
12-23-2007, 01:27
only person who would have bought that camera would have been a drug dealer in the 80's.



Or Idi Amin and the likes............
ChrisPlatt
12-23-2007, 01:37
Thurston Howell III bought one.
After the rescue, of course...

Chris
niblue
12-23-2007, 05:02
I still far prefer mine. Much more tastefull. The Titanium one was quite nice too. :D

http://www.pentax-manuals.com/camgallery/9.jpg

Kim

I want that set-up!
usayit
12-29-2007, 19:49
Damn Kim...

I thought getting an LX2000 was pretty much next to impossible.. I'm so jealous. I thought that finding a good conditioned black LX was a find!


is it just me or did every major camera manufacturer from the 80s make a "gold" version. There were a two gold Vivitar series one in OM mount for sale at a local camera swap a year or so ago..... came close to buying it just because.
Kim Coxon
12-30-2007, 09:01
I was lucky, I caught it just as the dealer put it up on his website and phoned immediately. If I had thought, I would probably have missed it. The gold ones seem to come up at regular intervals but that is not surprising as they are a bit ..... The LX2000s do apperar now and then. A certain seller in Germany has advertied one but he was asking around $4500 which is over the top. A couple appeared in Japan about a year ago. One remained unsold at $2800 and the other went for around $3200 which seems to be the going rate. The really difficult ones to find are the Ltd and Titanium. Now if I can get one of those, I will be a happy bunny!

As to the black ones, they are not hard to find even in good order. I just sold a near mint serviced MkII one a month ago. I am keeping my original MkI version but the second MkII may also go. However, unless you know it has been serviced in the last few years, you will have to budget to get it done. It also needs to be done by someone who is used to LXs. About the only person in the UK I would trust is Robin at Harrow Technical. To do the job properly, they have to go quite deeply into the camera so when it is put back together, it really needs the weather seals replacing. Robin gets the correct material in from Japan. Many repairers will just replace the damper foam which cured the sticky shutter for a couple of years but it then comes back. Properly serviced, they should go for 20 years before needing it again. Certainly that is my experience. Overall the cost is about £90 in the UK which is about half the cost of servicing a Leica at CRR and lasts about the same time.

Kim

Damn Kim...

I thought getting an LX2000 was pretty much next to impossible.. I'm so jealous. I thought that finding a good conditioned black LX was a find!


is it just me or did every major camera manufacturer from the 80s make a "gold" version. There were a two gold Vivitar series one in OM mount for sale at a local camera swap a year or so ago..... came close to buying it just because.