What can £20 buy you today?

[p.giannakis]

It was a wise choice for me to get up from bed today, althought feeling poorly. On the local car boot sale i managed to score a Yashica T5 for £3, Yashica T-Zoom for £4 and the 35 f/2 Takumar for £12.

I need a small M42 camera now for the Takumar. Any suggestions?
(Oh... and I got £1 change back too....)

 

[Sejanus.Aelianus]

I need a small M42 camera now for the Takumar. Any suggestions?

I like the SV, it's the only Pentax I've hung on to. The S1a is just a SV without the self timer and the 1/1000th speed is not marked on the shutter dial, though it's actually there!

😉

 

[tunalegs]

The Fujica ST-701 is pretty small for an M42 camera. The Pentax SV though is not much larger, and keeps it in the family (although lacks TTL metering). The Petri MF-1 may be the smallest M42 camera out there, but pretty low quality.

 

[BW400CN]

£20 - tht´s close to 30€I bought a Nikon FE2 with an 3,5-4,5 35-105mm Nikkor and an F80 body for it on a local fleamarket 3 weeks ago.


Nikon FE2 von LeBleuBeau auf Flickr


Nikon F80 von LeBleuBeau auf Flickr

Fits perfekt together with my F90 and D70 😉

 

[p.giannakis]

You know what?... why don't we turn this thread into a "Post your £20 bargain finds" thread?

 

[ruby.monkey]

Nice finds there.

I need a small M42 camera now for the Takumar. Any suggestions?

Pentax SL. The SV is fine if you like a camera with a Victorian feel; the SL is a Spotmatic with the unnecessary bits removed.