Originally posted by pres589 I think when adapting an m42 lens to a non-m42 camera body, suddenly you have all kinds of options, as m42 has a long register distance and adapters take up the slack. Obvious the K-1 is a great option but I could see going to a good micro 4/3rds camera and using a speedbooster to give back to field of view that would otherwise be missing. Something with good focus peaking in an electronic view finder.
A Chinon CE-4s, Pentax LX, or Ricoh XR7 would get my interest if I wanted to stay with film.
While I have a Pentax DSLR, my main digital camera is a m4/3 Olympus. I use it with my Takumars and a few other old manual lenses with an adapter.
When I’m shooting film I always use that Spotmatic.
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Originally posted by clickclick I would lean towards a camera with automatic and manual modes. I liked my ME Super for m42 and found it easy, as it automatically would adjust the exposure when stopping down when in auto mode, or I could go manual, and they are inexpensive and plentiful to find, but If you're looking for a film camera and most of your lenses are m42, why not another Spotmatic, perhaps an ES? That way you maintain control of your aperture for metering and don't have to mess around with manually opening up to focus and stopping down for the actual shot, and you don't end up having to mess with adapters. That aside, other K mount bodies I'd check out would include things like the K2 as another with an aperture priority mode that will adjust your exposure automatically as you stop down or give you a manual option. For full manual, check out a KX, or MX, which often come around on eBay for not too much - often less than what you'll see a K1000 go for.
I live in Argentina and in here, for some unknown reason, the MX is one of the most expensive film cameras you can buy.
Maybe because of its huge viewfinder?
I’ve never used one, so I can’t tell.