Originally posted by redrockcoulee Both my wife and I had Spotmatic Fs until we upgraded to the SF1n/SFXn pair which my wife still uses one if she ever wants to shoot 35mm.
That's an interesting progression, but a very logical one. After all, if you have an F and you're happy with the Super Takumar lens range, who needs a K1000 or KM? (And match-needle metering is really no more than a matter of taste.) If you're happy with the size, who then needs an MX? If you're quick on the controls and don't need aperture priority either, who needs the ME, ME Super or any of the autoexposure-mode manual focus derivations? The next logical jump in Pentax film land is one which integrates AF, autoexposure and motor drive all within the camera body, and once you have a flagship camera in that category, everything else is just window dressing to taste.
The only thing the F didn't come with, which I would really appreciate sometimes, is a split-prism focusing screen (and I'm not sure you couldn't retrofit that if you really wanted it).
I can see my camera collection taking a MASSIVE cutback by the end of this year.