Originally posted by BigMackCam Hi Matt - welcome to the forums from another UK member
Congratulations on your camera, and those lenses - they're all very decent! I wouldn't worry about the slight yellowing at all - just shoot and enjoy them as they are
Thanks you for replying. Great to hear from you.
I was surprised by how much I liked it when I picked it up. I did a quick Google search before paying for it all to see what it was and what it was worth.
The body felt really nice to hold and had a great action and sound to it which is why I bought it, plus I think it looks cool, so at £10 if it was broken or rubbish I would have used it as an ornament :-). Maybe not now with the radioactive lens lol.
But, the biggest thing it did was immediately turn me on to mechanical cameras. I shoot a Canon AE-1 Programme and A1, both of which are lovely, but need a battery for the shutter.
This SP500 and the mechanical shutter just felt so nice and satisfying, I don't know why, I can't tell you, but it felt very different. I'm definitely going to look for other fully mechanical bodies, Pentax and other.
I use a light meter, never the in camera meter, so a broken meter or no battery doesn't matter to me.
The only thing that wasn't quite as nice was the VF is darker than the Canon's probably owning to the micro prism focusing screen rather than the Canon's split screen. The SP500's focusing screen is something I will need to get used too.
I'm really pleased with the lenses set, it's going to be fun to play with once I've found some light seals to put in. The currently seals are very brittle or gunky.