My Intro

salsajim2 · 06-02-2013, 10:46 AM

My name is Jimmy and I love photography. I've been a musician for over 40 years and i could never find the time to develop my photo skills. Now I'm going to start from the beginning. Photography 101.

I have a 1960's Honeywell Spotmatic with a super Takamar 1: 1.8 55 mm lens. I really love black & White. Kodak Tri-X 400 . I hope to learn from all of you. Any tips on the Sprotmatic will most welcome. Thank you, Jimmy.

Jean Poitiers · 06-02-2013, 11:09 AM

Bonjour from France and welcome to PF ... nice intro and gear, checkout this forum - Pentax Film SLR Discussion - PentaxForums.com ... hope to see an image or two soon ... J

Reliant K1000 · 06-02-2013, 12:51 PM

Welcome! Nice to see someone wanting to learn via a manual camera.

Tako Kichi · 06-02-2013, 01:16 PM

Welcome Jimmy. My first SLR was also a Spotmatic (although it was an Asahi Pentax one) and probably had the same lens on it too. I bought it used in 1979 and it was/is a great camera. I also started out shooting B&W while I was going through the learning phase as it was far cheaper to process than colour in those days. I still have many of the lenses and attachments I bought for that camera and have used them on my later Spotmatic II and K1000 film SLRs and I plan to use them on a new K-30 DSLR once I can get my hands on one.

One of the big advantages you have over people starting out with a modern DSLR is that the camera is forcing you to learn how to take photographs manually, where the photographer has to make every single decision in terms of getting a shot. If you stick with it and develop your skill set then making the transition to a modern DSLR should be much easier although all those 'auto' features on new cameras seem far more confusing than doing things the 'old fashioned way' to me at times!

Larry

**Kerrowdown** · 06-02-2013, 02:20 PM

Welcome to the forum, if you can't find what your looking for just ask.

06-02-2013, 10:46 AM	#1
salsajim2 Inactive Account Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1	My Intro My name is Jimmy and I love photography. I've been a musician for over 40 years and i could never find the time to develop my photo skills. Now I'm going to start from the beginning. Photography 101. I have a 1960's Honeywell Spotmatic with a super Takamar 1: 1.8 55 mm lens. I really love black & White. Kodak Tri-X 400 . I hope to learn from all of you. Any tips on the Sprotmatic will most welcome. Thank you, Jimmy.

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06-02-2013, 11:09 AM	#2
Jean Poitiers Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lost in translation ... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,076	*Bonjour* from France and welcome to PF ... nice intro and gear, checkout this forum - Pentax Film SLR Discussion - PentaxForums.com ... hope to see an image or two soon ... J

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Reliant K1000 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: BC - On the 49th parallel Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 235	Welcome! Nice to see someone wanting to learn via a manual camera.

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Tako Kichi Veteran Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: SW Ontario, Canada (ex-pat Brit) Posts: 1,296	Welcome Jimmy. My first SLR was also a Spotmatic (although it was an Asahi Pentax one) and probably had the same lens on it too. I bought it used in 1979 and it was/is a great camera. I also started out shooting B&W while I was going through the learning phase as it was far cheaper to process than colour in those days. I still have many of the lenses and attachments I bought for that camera and have used them on my later Spotmatic II and K1000 film SLRs and I plan to use them on a new K-30 DSLR once I can get my hands on one. One of the big advantages you have over people starting out with a modern DSLR is that the camera is forcing you to learn how to take photographs manually, where the photographer has to make every single decision in terms of getting a shot. If you stick with it and develop your skill set then making the transition to a modern DSLR should be much easier although all those 'auto' features on new cameras seem far more confusing than doing things the 'old fashioned way' to me at times! Larry

06-02-2013, 02:20 PM	#5
Kerrowdown PEG Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Highlands of Scotland... "Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand" - William Blake Photos: Gallery Posts: 57,860	Welcome to the forum, if you can't find what your looking for just ask.