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06-09-2017, 07:53 AM   #4936
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QuoteOriginally posted by Baard-Einar Quote

But it really looks nice!
Yes it does!

06-09-2017, 08:16 AM   #4937
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What!!?? I've been on this forum for I can't remember how many years, and now first I learn that we have our own 'Eric' here in Norway!

That feature with the Spotmatic F and older lenses sounds like how today's DSLR's work with M and K lenses. #historyrepeating
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What!!?? I've been on this forum for I can't remember how many years, and now first I learn that we have our own 'Eric' here in Norway!
why cross the creek to find water?

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Pål worked for many years for the Norwegian Pentax reseller as a service tech, he is now running his own business, fixing both old and new cameras. He even does other brands, and stuff like Rolleiflex.
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A few Spotmatic's

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QuoteOriginally posted by deus ursus Quote
That feature with the Spotmatic F and older lenses sounds like how today's DSLR's work with M and K lenses. #historyrepeating
Ummmm, sort of...

The installed base of non-supporting lenses at the time was huge and the fail-over for non-SMC glass was to work in the same manner as the traditional use of those lenses. Both types of lens were used according to their design intent with essentially equivalent meter performance for both...genius. The crippled mount OTOH was a definitive gaff. The long-standing fail-over for non-A glass was to operate according to the original design intent, Av or M mode with open-aperture metering. The crippled mount required a poorly documented and poorly implemented* protocol for stop-down metering for lenses that have well-implement support for open-aperture metering.

Shame

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* Although better than a decade ago, stop-down metering with current-model Pentax bodies still suffers from poor accuracy and poor linearity.
06-10-2017, 03:07 PM   #4941
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QuoteOriginally posted by Craftsman Quote
A few Spotmatic's
Nice line up and great stands.

I like the chrome ES, do you know if chrome were available for the Asahi Pentax versions?
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It's my understanding that the Chrome ES was only available as Honeywell. That's why I matched it with the Black Honeywell ES.

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QuoteOriginally posted by Craftsman Quote
A few Spotmatic's
Where did you get those stands? Like them!
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Where did you get those stands? Like them!
They show up pretty often on eBay, for $15-$20.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Craftsman Quote
They show up pretty often on eBay, for $15-$20.
Thank you. Will keep an eye open for that...
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Spotted in the Kyoto branch of Kitamura this weekend, the first orange K-50 I've laid eyes on.

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Finally picked up a clean 5cm Summicron Collapsible for the M2 (most early Summicron's are pretty ugly nowadays due to very soft lens coatings...)

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QuoteOriginally posted by Baard-Einar Quote
Hi

I just picked up my black Spotmatic F from Pål, the Norwegian genius on Pentax repairs. The camera has been given a new top, a new prism and seals and mirror bumper. And even the light meter has be replaced. It is cool that Pål has access to a large stock of OEM parts.

The F came to market in 1973, after the very successful Spotmatic and Spotmatic II. It was sold either with a S-M-C Takumar 55mm f1.8 or the more expensive S-M-C Takumar 50mm f1.4.

The Spotmatic F is somewhat odd. It looks like, and it is, a revamped Spotmatic, it supports, or I would say, almost requires the newer S-M-C Takumar lenses for the light meter to do its work. And you can use the older Takumars by using the switch for close down metering. When the proper lens is connected, the light meter actually stays on, until you take the lens off the camera. That doesn't sound to smart. And another odd feature or upgrade from the Spotimatic, is the shutter lock, when open, it more or lesser covers the little window that show if the film is advanced or not.

But it really looks nice!
That's really beautiful.
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Beautiful M2 and Sumicron Nick. I shot with that combo for 40 years. Them were the good ol' days.
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