I asked my mom if I could borrow the expensive camera she had bought for my dad. Turns out she bought it back in 1988. Dad has also been keeping it in the basement, without any cover. Ugh.
I asked her what kind it was, also what lens she bought with it. She's annoyed my father has treated it so badly. I want to try to get some better pictures around here, and thought I'd try her/his camera.
Here's the info she sent me on it:
camera is ricoh AF-5 XR-M multi-program tri-metering system
special lens is sigma zoom-K III that K is actually a symbol, i think, and i have no idea if it can be found on a keyboard 75 ~210mm multi-coated
Is this still an ok camera?? Should I see if they will trade it in for something newer (is it even worth anything???). I don't know if lenses get antiquated, but I'm guessing the base camera could. I dunno. I'm guessing it needs to be serviced/cleaned up, as it's been gathering dust and dirt uncovered in the basement for lord knows how many years.
Any thoughts or suggestions??
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