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04-19-2010, 11:50 PM	#1
keyser Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Tsawwassen, BC Posts: 376	My X-Rated Spotmatic Sorry guys, but I thought you might appreciate a bit of camera porn... and no, it's not for sale :P

04-19-2010, 11:52 PM	#2
little laker Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,697	no fair, mine doesn' have a hotshoe

04-19-2010, 11:54 PM	#3
Digitalis Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,694	mine does ;-) but in the spotmatics case it's actually called a cold shoe. you still find them on range finders these days.

04-20-2010, 02:45 AM	#4
geauxpez Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Atlanta Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,196	Keyser -- you need "booty music" playing in the background for that photo. Beauty -- which Spotty is it?

04-20-2010, 03:19 AM	#5
VF-19 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ottawa Posts: 364	I think it's a beauty shot of a Spotmatic II.

04-20-2010, 06:12 AM	#6
séamuis Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Savannah, U.S./Baguio City, P.H. Posts: 5,979	Originally posted by little laker no fair, mine doesn' have a hotshoe spotmatics without a hotshoe are sexier. I leave the cold shoe accessory off of my SV for that very reason.

04-20-2010, 07:09 AM	#7
Sluggo Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ames, Iowa Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 774	Lighting is everything! And that picture shows off the sensual curve of the advance arm, which unfortunately got changed for the K series and later.

04-20-2010, 08:46 AM	#8
keyser Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Tsawwassen, BC Posts: 376 Original Poster	This is indeed the fantastic SPII. I guess it would look better without the 'cold shoe', it's not like I use flash on film cameras anyway!

04-20-2010, 09:09 AM	#9
séamuis Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Savannah, U.S./Baguio City, P.H. Posts: 5,979	Originally posted by keyser This is indeed the fantastic SPII. I guess it would look better without the 'cold shoe', it's not like I use flash on film cameras anyway! hot shoe. the SPII introduced the built in hot shoe with flash contact. the 'cold shoe' refers to pre-spII bodies that use an accessory clip-on shoe, for which you still had to use the x or fp sync through a sync cord

04-20-2010, 09:22 AM	#10
gofour3 Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 8,091	Nice, makes me want to put on a “Barry White” LP and have a glass of wine!!

04-20-2010, 01:41 PM	#11
keyser Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Tsawwassen, BC Posts: 376 Original Poster	Originally posted by séamuis hot shoe. the SPII introduced the built in hot shoe with flash contact. the 'cold shoe' refers to pre-spII bodies that use an accessory clip-on shoe, for which you still had to use the x or fp sync through a sync cord Right you are... I popped a flash on the body and it fires from the hotshoe. You've gotta love modern technology!

04-20-2010, 08:14 PM	#12
Digitalis Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,694	I own one of the earlier spotmatics which has a cold shoe,I usually leave it off the camera, it would scrape on my eyebrow piercing..

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