Post by Randy on Jul 28, 2006 22:08:17 GMT -5
I do some pretty wierd searches on Evilbay sometimes, wrong spellings, sub-words, you know... So last May I was doing a search late at night and I typed in Unknown Camera. I got one match. It said KSE Unknown Camera for parts. So I clicked on it. Up popped this Pentax K1000 SE. I see the description, ie..."found in my garage after our divorce, cleaning out all the junk". The auction price was $4.99 and there were a few minutes left, so I logged on and bid $10.00 for it, I already had a later made in China K1000 so I figured good for parts, eh? I won the camera! Here is what I got.
When the camera arrived, I feverously tore the box open to spy my gift from the camera gods...'oh hominy horingy chew...hominy horingy chew, I chanted knowing there was some mystical magic in that chant, Freda (my wife) said, "dammit Randy, don't get those styrofoam peanuts all over the living room!" I didn't hear a thing, I advanced the shutter and pushed down on the release...."click!" my new little treasure said. "Yes! It...is...ALIVE!!!" The shutter worked well through all speeds, "do I dare put a battery in it?" I asked myself. "your gettin those dammed peanuts all over the floor!" I heard from the other side of the room. I went on. I opened the battery cover, put a battery in, and EURIKA!!! The meter worked! I bought a nice Pentax K-Mount lens for it a few days later, and I put on the last of my Khaki Sea Snake, "hot dham!, I'm ready to go on safari". Take a look, "I'll pick up the peanuts later dear."
When the camera arrived, I feverously tore the box open to spy my gift from the camera gods...'oh hominy horingy chew...hominy horingy chew, I chanted knowing there was some mystical magic in that chant, Freda (my wife) said, "dammit Randy, don't get those styrofoam peanuts all over the living room!" I didn't hear a thing, I advanced the shutter and pushed down on the release...."click!" my new little treasure said. "Yes! It...is...ALIVE!!!" The shutter worked well through all speeds, "do I dare put a battery in it?" I asked myself. "your gettin those dammed peanuts all over the floor!" I heard from the other side of the room. I went on. I opened the battery cover, put a battery in, and EURIKA!!! The meter worked! I bought a nice Pentax K-Mount lens for it a few days later, and I put on the last of my Khaki Sea Snake, "hot dham!, I'm ready to go on safari". Take a look, "I'll pick up the peanuts later dear."
