lkk99
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Hi everyone,
if anyone can help me, thank you in advance
i want to buy a film camera for the first time and at first i have considered buying a point and shoot film camera such as the fujifilm tiara 2 but i decided i want to buy a manual 35mm in an effort to actually study and be able to learn all about shooting.
im currently in milan, and there are a few camera stores that sell a few film cameras, however all of these places are about twice the price as the same cameras i find on ebay although the ones i find here in the stores do come with a 6 month~1 year guarantee.
i would like to purchase a camera on ebay but everything an international package comes into italy it takes a really long time with the italians customs, and i have heard i have to pay a 40 euro tax on anything that costs above 40 euros. i am also a little hesitant to trust ebay.
currently i am looking at buying the PENTAX K1000 on one site& it is supposedly in optimal condition with a guarantee of one year and it is 200 euros.
the only thing is that instead of the standard pentax 50mm lens that these cameras usually come with, this one here comes with the Ricoh 50mm 1:2 Prime Lens Rikenon. now i don't know if this should be more of a deal breaker for me as when i did a quick google search i saw that the ricoh lenses are of a much lower quality than the pentax 50mm ones that usually come with the k1000's.
so my question is
1) is this kit mostly worth the 200 euros (keep in mind i'm also kind of desperate to get my hands on this camera since getting anything shipped here to italy without any complications seems like a long shot
2) or should i wait for other cameras to come into the store OR wait until i get to the US and order a camera from ebay then
if anyone can help me, thank you in advance
i want to buy a film camera for the first time and at first i have considered buying a point and shoot film camera such as the fujifilm tiara 2 but i decided i want to buy a manual 35mm in an effort to actually study and be able to learn all about shooting.
im currently in milan, and there are a few camera stores that sell a few film cameras, however all of these places are about twice the price as the same cameras i find on ebay although the ones i find here in the stores do come with a 6 month~1 year guarantee.
i would like to purchase a camera on ebay but everything an international package comes into italy it takes a really long time with the italians customs, and i have heard i have to pay a 40 euro tax on anything that costs above 40 euros. i am also a little hesitant to trust ebay.
currently i am looking at buying the PENTAX K1000 on one site& it is supposedly in optimal condition with a guarantee of one year and it is 200 euros.
the only thing is that instead of the standard pentax 50mm lens that these cameras usually come with, this one here comes with the Ricoh 50mm 1:2 Prime Lens Rikenon. now i don't know if this should be more of a deal breaker for me as when i did a quick google search i saw that the ricoh lenses are of a much lower quality than the pentax 50mm ones that usually come with the k1000's.
so my question is
1) is this kit mostly worth the 200 euros (keep in mind i'm also kind of desperate to get my hands on this camera since getting anything shipped here to italy without any complications seems like a long shot
2) or should i wait for other cameras to come into the store OR wait until i get to the US and order a camera from ebay then