For a non-collector, I sure do seem to be acumulating a lot of gear

ctrout · 05-22-2017, 08:36 PM - **1 Like**

But I think I might be pretty close to done. I finally pulled the trigger on an original AP today.

My original intent when I started this buying spree 8 months ago was to get a nice MX, an ME Super and a bunch of glass and just start shooting. Then I remembered how much I loved my LX back in the 90s. Then I started to discover models that I had forgotten all about. I NEVER had a desire for a Spotmatic (still don't) so I didn't think there was a screw mount out there that was worth my attention. Then I found an SV for $11.00 shipped so I got it and fell in love. Then came the K.

There really is now though, no other Pentax SLR that I desire. I have what are in my opinion, the best of the screw mount bodies. If I want a metered body, I'll skip the Spotties and jump to the K and M series. If I want metered mechanical, I'll reach for the K1000, KX, KM, or MX. If I want metered electronic I'll skip the K2 and grab the ME, ME Super, Super Program or LX. The A and P series and beyond hold no interest for me so I really do think I might be able to finally just get to the rest of the CLA business and just start enjoying using them. There are still e few lens acquisitions to be made though.

gabriel_bc · 05-22-2017, 08:49 PM

Originally posted by ctrout

If I want metered electronic I'll skip the K2 and grab the ME, ME Super, Super Program or LX.

K2DMD. You'll want one eventually. Sorry.

LesDMess · 05-22-2017, 09:06 PM - **1 Like**

Congrats on the original Asahi Pentax acquisition. I appreciated that Pentax reached all the way back to it when they designed the LX . . .

---------- Post added 05-23-17 at 12:22 AM ----------

If you didn't already see this it's a good read -> Camerquest - Pentax Original

ctrout · 05-22-2017, 09:26 PM

Originally posted by gabriel_bc

K2DMD. You'll want one eventually. Sorry.

Nope. I can actually say that the K2DMD has nothing that I don't already have in a camera that I like better. If I want a camera with AV, M, and B with a shutter that is reliant on batteries I'll use my LX. The K2DMD offers no advantage. It's the same reason that I have a beautiful, perfectly functioning S1a sitting next to me that I'm selling for a friend and could have for myself for next to nothing but will sell anyway. Although it's a great little gem of a camera in its own right, I already have an SV that is just a much a gem but has a self timer too. If I want a camera that confines me to battery use and I need aperture priority, My LX is all that I need for that purpose AND it has OTF metering so who needs the DMD? Not I.

Now, I may end up with one some day the same way I ended up with an ME and a KM. I didn't really want them but the price was right and at the price I got them, they were worth having. If a K2 DMD cmes as a lens cover in a deal on a lens that I can't pass up, I'll probably keep it but it's not one that I think I'll ever truly "want."

Adam · 05-22-2017, 09:50 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by ctrout

But I think I might be pretty close to done. I finally pulled the trigger on an original AP today.

That's what they all say

Isn't it fun?

I really think you should give the super A a second look.

ctrout · 05-22-2017, 09:56 PM

As with the K2 DMD, what does the Super A do that the Super Program doesn't do better?

Edit, I just remembered that they are the same camera but the Super A is black. I don't want a third of the same camera just because it's black.

**pentaxus** · 05-22-2017, 10:35 PM

I'm not a collector either. I just ended up with a K, S2, H1a with meter, SL, 231 Spotmatic with 8 element 1.4, Spotmatic II, K2, KX, Japanese K1000, Ming Camera K1000 eqivalent, LX, PZ-1P, ZX-5, ist*D, K-10 and K-50. It just happened. I have a few lenses too.

leekil · 05-23-2017, 12:07 AM

Originally posted by ctrout

As with the K2 DMD, what does the Super A do that the Super Program doesn't do better?

Edit, I just remembered that they are the same camera but the Super A is black. I don't want a third of the same camera just because it's black.

A third!

Well, if you had a Super A, you could keep black & white film in it, and the color would help you remember.

Xmas · 05-23-2017, 02:09 AM

Originally posted by leekil

A third!

Well, if you had a Super A, you could keep black & white film in it, and the color would help you remember.

The devil hacked your password & posted that one for you?

pathdoc · 05-23-2017, 04:47 AM

Originally posted by ctrout

My original intent when I started this buying spree 8 months ago was to get a nice MX, an ME Super and a bunch of glass and just start shooting.

That is what we all say. My signature line tells the rest of the story. However, I think I can safely declare myself done (until the medium format bug bites, which I'm sure it someday will now that I do home developing). There are admittedly a few Pentax lenses and bodies on my to-buy list - the ones which if I stumbled across them in a camera store and could pick them up, handle them and check them over with my own two hands, I would put down my hard-earned cash and go home with them. But I am finished with buying film cameras and their lenses online, unless it were to replace an accidental destruction or complete electromechanical failure that even Eric couldn't fix.

I am, however, the opposite of you with regards to the Spotties - it is my ownership of the Spotmatic F and all the SMC Tak lenses I could ever really need that stops me wanting any of the K series (plus I have a cheaply acquired Ricoh XR-1 if I really feel the urge for match-needle metering).

ctrout · 05-23-2017, 05:44 AM

Well, somewhere in the middle of it all I did get bit by the MF bug too. I picked up a Mamiya RB67 ProS kit and will be getting a Mamiya 330 with two lenses. There's also a Pentax 6x7 that I've been playing with that will probably also be mine soon. I have yet to run my first roll through the RB but I have two backs loaded because I was headed out a couple weekends ago and my trip got cancelled. I'll probably head out this weekend to remedy that.

ripper2860 · 05-23-2017, 10:35 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by ctrout

But I think I might be pretty close to done.

If I had a dime for every time I said that...

... I'd be able to buy even more cameras and lenses!! :-/

**monochrome** · 05-23-2017, 11:30 AM

From SMC PENTAX forward I only have cameras that are fun to use with the lenses I collect. From ESII backward I only have lenses that are fun to use with the cameras I collect.

Yeah, that's the ticket.

.

pathdoc · 05-23-2017, 04:42 PM

It's a labour of ~~Sisyphus~~ love.

ripper2860 · 05-23-2017, 05:16 PM

It's not just the money spent on acquiring the camera and lenses, there's also the $$ I've spent on the CLA of cameras and lenses I've acquired. My mania doesn't stop at collecting and displaying -- I have to be able to shoot the gear too! (LBA/GBA is an evil mistress that will not be ignored.) :-/

05-22-2017, 08:36 PM - 1 Like	#1
ctrout Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Photos: Gallery Posts: 444	For a non-collector, I sure do seem to be acumulating a lot of gear But I think I might be pretty close to done. I finally pulled the trigger on an original AP today. My original intent when I started this buying spree 8 months ago was to get a nice MX, an ME Super and a bunch of glass and just start shooting. Then I remembered how much I loved my LX back in the 90s. Then I started to discover models that I had forgotten all about. I NEVER had a desire for a Spotmatic (still don't) so I didn't think there was a screw mount out there that was worth my attention. Then I found an SV for $11.00 shipped so I got it and fell in love. Then came the K. There really is now though, no other Pentax SLR that I desire. I have what are in my opinion, the best of the screw mount bodies. If I want a metered body, I'll skip the Spotties and jump to the K and M series. If I want metered mechanical, I'll reach for the K1000, KX, KM, or MX. If I want metered electronic I'll skip the K2 and grab the ME, ME Super, Super Program or LX. The A and P series and beyond hold no interest for me so I really do think I might be able to finally just get to the rest of the CLA business and just start enjoying using them. There are still e few lens acquisitions to be made though.

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05-22-2017, 09:56 PM	#6
ctrout Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Photos: Gallery Posts: 444 Original Poster	As with the K2 DMD, what does the Super A do that the Super Program doesn't do better? Edit, I just remembered that they are the same camera but the Super A is black. I don't want a third of the same camera just because it's black. Last edited by ctrout; 05-22-2017 at 10:07 PM.

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05-22-2017, 08:49 PM	#2
gabriel_bc Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Langley, BC Photos: Gallery Posts: 550	Originally posted by ctrout If I want metered electronic I'll skip the K2 and grab the ME, ME Super, Super Program or LX. K2DMD. You'll want one eventually. Sorry.

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LesDMess Pentaxian Join Date: May 2011 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Photos: Albums Posts: 3,235	Congrats on the original Asahi Pentax acquisition. I appreciated that Pentax reached all the way back to it when they designed the LX . . . ---------- Post added 05-23-17 at 12:22 AM ---------- If you didn't already see this it's a good read -> Camerquest - Pentax Original

05-22-2017, 09:26 PM	#4
ctrout Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Photos: Gallery Posts: 444 Original Poster	Originally posted by gabriel_bc K2DMD. You'll want one eventually. Sorry. Nope. I can actually say that the K2DMD has nothing that I don't already have in a camera that I like better. If I want a camera with AV, M, and B with a shutter that is reliant on batteries I'll use my LX. The K2DMD offers no advantage. It's the same reason that I have a beautiful, perfectly functioning S1a sitting next to me that I'm selling for a friend and could have for myself for next to nothing but will sell anyway. Although it's a great little gem of a camera in its own right, I already have an SV that is just a much a gem but has a self timer too. If I want a camera that confines me to battery use and I need aperture priority, My LX is all that I need for that purpose AND it has OTF metering so who needs the DMD? Not I. Now, I may end up with one some day the same way I ended up with an ME and a KM. I didn't really want them but the price was right and at the price I got them, they were worth having. If a K2 DMD cmes as a lens cover in a deal on a lens that I can't pass up, I'll probably keep it but it's not one that I think I'll ever truly "want."

05-22-2017, 10:35 PM	#7
pentaxus Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central Coast, CA Posts: 1,313	I'm not a collector either. I just ended up with a K, S2, H1a with meter, SL, 231 Spotmatic with 8 element 1.4, Spotmatic II, K2, KX, Japanese K1000, Ming Camera K1000 eqivalent, LX, PZ-1P, ZX-5, ist*D, K-10 and K-50. It just happened. I have a few lenses too.

05-23-2017, 12:07 AM	#8
leekil Pentaxian Join Date: May 2016 Photos: Albums Posts: 2,003	Originally posted by ctrout As with the K2 DMD, what does the Super A do that the Super Program doesn't do better? Edit, I just remembered that they are the same camera but the Super A is black. I don't want a third of the same camera just because it's black. A third! Well, if you had a Super A, you could keep black & white film in it, and the color would help you remember.

05-23-2017, 02:09 AM	#9
Xmas Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 617	Originally posted by leekil A third! Well, if you had a Super A, you could keep black & white film in it, and the color would help you remember. The devil hacked your password & posted that one for you?

05-23-2017, 04:47 AM	#10
pathdoc Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2015 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,381	Originally posted by ctrout My original intent when I started this buying spree 8 months ago was to get a nice MX, an ME Super and a bunch of glass and just start shooting. That is what we all say. My signature line tells the rest of the story. However, I think I can safely declare myself done (until the medium format bug bites, which I'm sure it someday will now that I do home developing). There are admittedly a few Pentax lenses and bodies on my to-buy list - the ones which if I stumbled across them in a camera store and could pick them up, handle them and check them over with my own two hands, I would put down my hard-earned cash and go home with them. But I am finished with buying film cameras and their lenses online, unless it were to replace an accidental destruction or complete electromechanical failure that even Eric couldn't fix. I am, however, the opposite of you with regards to the Spotties - it is my ownership of the Spotmatic F and all the SMC Tak lenses I could ever really need that stops me wanting any of the K series (plus I have a cheaply acquired Ricoh XR-1 if I really feel the urge for match-needle metering).

05-23-2017, 05:44 AM	#11
ctrout Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Photos: Gallery Posts: 444 Original Poster	Well, somewhere in the middle of it all I did get bit by the MF bug too. I picked up a Mamiya RB67 ProS kit and will be getting a Mamiya 330 with two lenses. There's also a Pentax 6x7 that I've been playing with that will probably also be mine soon. I have yet to run my first roll through the RB but I have two backs loaded because I was headed out a couple weekends ago and my trip got cancelled. I'll probably head out this weekend to remedy that.

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ripper2860 Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 890	Originally posted by ctrout But I think I might be pretty close to done. If I had a dime for every time I said that... ... I'd be able to buy even more cameras and lenses!! :-/

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pathdoc Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2015 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,381	It's a labour of ~~Sisyphus~~ love.

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ripper2860 Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 890	It's not just the money spent on acquiring the camera and lenses, there's also the $$ I've spent on the CLA of cameras and lenses I've acquired. My mania doesn't stop at collecting and displaying -- I have to be able to shoot the gear too! (LBA/GBA is an evil mistress that will not be ignored.) :-/