The Film Retriever

I didn't really want this camera. The reason i bought it was the lens - a brand new and clean Tokina 28 f/2.8 that shows no signs of having ever been used. I thought i can mount this lens on my MX and get rid of the Makinon 28 f/2.8 which never really impressed me. Five pounds seemed like a real bargain price so this is how this camera ended up in my hands. The P30T is the third and final incarnation of the first P30 introduced back in the 1985. The P30 evolved to the P30N and eventually in 1990 Pentax gave some facial lifting to the P30N and added a diagonal split screen and a plastic back, moved the production to China and baptised the P30N into a P30T. While this camera was very well received in the mid-80's, ten years later, it seemed so outdated and lacking important features that other entry level cameras from Nikon/Canon/Minolta were offering for standard that eventually persuaded Pentax to pull the plug somewhere in the late90's (1997 if i recal...