Pros | Robust body,accepts lots of lenses |
Cons | Uses mercury batteries, no hot shoe |
Rating | 10 |
Price (U.S. Dollars) | 1 |
Years Owned | 3 months |
I can recommend this camera: Yes
Value, Features, Performance & Size
surprisingly robust construction
Can use external flash units using FP/X sync contacts
Accepts a wide variety of M42 lenses
Camera Review
What a excellent screwmount Pentax camera-the Spotmatic is very beautiful with a surprisingly robust construction.
The controls are placed perfectly and quite easy to get to grips with and despite being a metal bodied camera it's not tiring to hold at all.
As it has a M42 mount, you can use lots of lenses that were made in that mount.
I use 2 Takumar lenses with the camera and the viewfinder is bright and sharp.
Only downsides would be the use of mercury batteries and no hot shoe for external; flash units (you can use one by connecting it to the FP or X sync contacts and the shutter speed set to 60x)
Overall a impressive Pentax camera from the 1960's and it's just great to use everyday.