dmr
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Oh wow, I don't believe I did this one. I always thought I was immune to the condition known as GAS.
Well, to make a long story long -- last week for some reason I don't really know I was looking around on That Auction Site and I noticed that there was this good looking and good sounding BLACK QL17 GIII that didn't have an inflated price. The ones I've seen lately usually have a bid around $200 and BIN at $250 or so.
So anyway, I said "what the {heck}" and I put a bid in and believe it or not I got it!
It went for just under my max bid, too close for comfort, actually, and it skyrocketed to that value the last few minutes.
So anyway, I now hold in my hand (well, kinda, not as I type) a nice clean shiny black GIII. 🙂 It looks really sharp! One touch I like is that it has a nice chrome plug for the RF adjustment hole in the back. My other one had a grey plastic one which fell out, and now has a little black rubber one. The shutter works and sounds more or less accurate, lens is free of fungus, and the light seals are fair to so-so. I guess I should replace them if Jon will sell me another kit (see below). 🙂
I thought it might have a problem, but I think all it really needs is some exercise. As I was giving it a sanity check, I noticed that the "feature" that locks the shutter when it's underexposed did not work, and at first no matter what the meter read, it would stop down to about f16 when I pre-pressed the button. After several repetitions, it started working more or less normally. 🙂
But anyway, I know I say that I don't think of a camera as a fashion accessory, but I do like the looks of this one. 🙂 I also liked the looks of the black Pentax I had many years ago.
One thing I did notice, when I won the thing and looked at the bid history, I did recognize one very familiar name in there -- Interslice -- Sorry, Jon. 🙂 🙂
Well, to make a long story long -- last week for some reason I don't really know I was looking around on That Auction Site and I noticed that there was this good looking and good sounding BLACK QL17 GIII that didn't have an inflated price. The ones I've seen lately usually have a bid around $200 and BIN at $250 or so.
So anyway, I said "what the {heck}" and I put a bid in and believe it or not I got it!
It went for just under my max bid, too close for comfort, actually, and it skyrocketed to that value the last few minutes.
So anyway, I now hold in my hand (well, kinda, not as I type) a nice clean shiny black GIII. 🙂 It looks really sharp! One touch I like is that it has a nice chrome plug for the RF adjustment hole in the back. My other one had a grey plastic one which fell out, and now has a little black rubber one. The shutter works and sounds more or less accurate, lens is free of fungus, and the light seals are fair to so-so. I guess I should replace them if Jon will sell me another kit (see below). 🙂
I thought it might have a problem, but I think all it really needs is some exercise. As I was giving it a sanity check, I noticed that the "feature" that locks the shutter when it's underexposed did not work, and at first no matter what the meter read, it would stop down to about f16 when I pre-pressed the button. After several repetitions, it started working more or less normally. 🙂
But anyway, I know I say that I don't think of a camera as a fashion accessory, but I do like the looks of this one. 🙂 I also liked the looks of the black Pentax I had many years ago.
One thing I did notice, when I won the thing and looked at the bid history, I did recognize one very familiar name in there -- Interslice -- Sorry, Jon. 🙂 🙂
