Ideas for adding value to your spotmatic...

Ideas for adding value to your spotmatic... · 02:00 AM

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Here is an interesting idea for the Spottie on your shelf...

Spotmatic Correspondent...

I have no connection with this item or seller - just saying...

**microlight** · 01-22-2017, 04:00 AM

Not the Spottie on my shelf! 😢

Wild Mark · 01-22-2017, 04:13 AM

Laughable

pathdoc · 01-22-2017, 04:24 AM - **1 Like**

The kangaroo leather is a nice touch, but apart from that the aesthetics are awful. If you're going to sand it down to brass, sand it ALL down to brass and give it a steampunk look.

stevebrot · 01-22-2017, 08:53 AM

Dang...that is a lot of self-timer wear!!!

Steve

**c.a.m** · 01-22-2017, 09:26 AM

Originally posted by stevebrot

Dang...that is a lot of self-timer wear!!!

And the 'brassing' at the Asahi Pentax mark reveals a unique, previously-unknown camera-holding technique!

Originally posted by dcshooter

At these rates for beaten up Spotmatic bodies, I apparently have a suitcase full of old bodies in my closet that is valuable enough to put my kids through college. I knew I kept them for a reason!

Maybe you could open up a new line of business... Forget all that complicated anodizing stuff... just bring out the 120 grit and have at it.

Gotta love the description: Item is in good cosmetic condition...

- Craig

photoptimist · 01-22-2017, 10:25 AM

Ya gotta love the seller's abject ignorance of the meaning of the original term.

A "Correspondent's" camera is a very worn camera used by a widely traveling journalist who corresponded with their distant paper or publisher.

A "Correspondence" camera is WTF!

(The funny thing is I can imagine a proper "Correspondence Kit" camera consisting of a sturdy little shipping box with purpose-built holders for the Spotmatic, a lens, some film, and a place for a thick stack of 4x6 snapshots. You'd buy the kit, use the film, and then send the kit with snapshots and new film to a friend who would use your film and send the camera back to you with their snapshots, etc. It's like the travelling nifty 50 in a prebuilt shipping box. It would be the perfect way for "correspondence" with a film-loving friend.)

Last edited by photoptimist; 01-22-2017 at 11:34 AM.

**monochrome** · 01-22-2017, 11:01 AM - **1 Like**

This is a college behavioral psychology project, right? RIGHT???

Johndav · 01-22-2017, 11:35 AM

I'd say they had a brass neck but that may be stating the obvious

pathdoc · 01-22-2017, 01:50 PM

Originally posted by photoptimist

(The funny thing is I can imagine a proper "Correspondence Kit" camera consisting of a sturdy little shipping box with purpose-built holders for the Spotmatic, a lens, some film, and a place for a thick stack of 4x6 snapshots. You'd buy the kit, use the film, and then send the kit with snapshots and new film to a friend who would use your film and send the camera back to you with their snapshots, etc. It's like the travelling nifty 50 in a prebuilt shipping box. It would be the perfect way for "correspondence" with a film-loving friend.)

Not just the Travelling Nifty Fifty; there's currently an entire K1000 doing the rounds.

**monochrome** · 01-22-2017, 02:19 PM

And an SV that has a shipping box lined with plywood, and dense foam with custom cuts for the camera, another lens, a light meter and instruction manual. Every so often someone refreshes the external shipping box.

Wild Mark · 01-22-2017, 02:26 PM

Originally posted by photoptimist

A "Correspondence" camera is WTF!

Definition

Correspondence camera: A camera complete with used film tied to the leg of a carrier pigeon used for communicating images afar. An old communication technique now superseded by email.

**monochrome** · 01-22-2017, 03:05 PM - **1 Like**

Is that like correspondence in a divorce case?

**clickclick** · 01-22-2017, 03:39 PM - **1 Like**

think he's inhaled too many solvent fumes cleaning off old finishes....

Topsy · 01-22-2017, 04:24 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by stevebrot

Dang...that is a lot of self-timer wear!!!

Steve

WE do live in the selfie age after all.

Well, I guess that's one way to try and get some cash out of scratched up bodies.. Asking for that much though is a bit daft.

It'd also look slightly better if the "customiser" would learn how to use sandpaper properly. It looks like he used just one grit!

I do admit that I find natural 'weathering' can look really cool as if shows signs of some history.

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01-22-2017, 04:00 AM	#2
microlight Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,129	Not the Spottie on my shelf! 😢

01-22-2017, 04:13 AM	#3
Wild Mark Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Newcastle Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,954	Laughable

01-22-2017, 04:24 AM - 1 Like	#4
pathdoc Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2015 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,381	The kangaroo leather is a nice touch, but apart from that the aesthetics are awful. If you're going to sand it down to brass, sand it ALL down to brass and give it a steampunk look.

01-22-2017, 08:53 AM	#5
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Dang...that is a lot of self-timer wear!!! Steve

01-22-2017, 09:26 AM	#6
c.a.m Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Ottawa, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,189	Originally posted by stevebrot Dang...that is a lot of self-timer wear!!! And the 'brassing' at the Asahi Pentax mark reveals a unique, previously-unknown camera-holding technique! Originally posted by dcshooter At these rates for beaten up Spotmatic bodies, I apparently have a suitcase full of old bodies in my closet that is valuable enough to put my kids through college. I knew I kept them for a reason! Maybe you could open up a new line of business... Forget all that complicated anodizing stuff... just bring out the 120 grit and have at it. Gotta love the description: Item is in good cosmetic condition... - Craig

01-22-2017, 10:25 AM	#7
photoptimist Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2016 Photos: Albums Posts: 5,122	Ya gotta love the seller's abject ignorance of the meaning of the original term. A "Correspondent's" camera is a very worn camera used by a widely traveling journalist who corresponded with their distant paper or publisher. A "Correspondence" camera is WTF! (The funny thing is I can imagine a proper "Correspondence Kit" camera consisting of a sturdy little shipping box with purpose-built holders for the Spotmatic, a lens, some film, and a place for a thick stack of 4x6 snapshots. You'd buy the kit, use the film, and then send the kit with snapshots and new film to a friend who would use your film and send the camera back to you with their snapshots, etc. It's like the travelling nifty 50 in a prebuilt shipping box. It would be the perfect way for "correspondence" with a film-loving friend.) Last edited by photoptimist; 01-22-2017 at 11:34 AM.

01-22-2017, 11:01 AM - 1 Like	#8
monochrome Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Working From Home Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 26,276	This is a college behavioral psychology project, right? RIGHT???

01-22-2017, 11:35 AM	#9
Johndav Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Sunny Dun(ny)fermline, Fife Posts: 405	I'd say they had a brass neck but that may be stating the obvious

01-22-2017, 01:50 PM	#10
pathdoc Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2015 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,381	Originally posted by photoptimist (The funny thing is I can imagine a proper "Correspondence Kit" camera consisting of a sturdy little shipping box with purpose-built holders for the Spotmatic, a lens, some film, and a place for a thick stack of 4x6 snapshots. You'd buy the kit, use the film, and then send the kit with snapshots and new film to a friend who would use your film and send the camera back to you with their snapshots, etc. It's like the travelling nifty 50 in a prebuilt shipping box. It would be the perfect way for "correspondence" with a film-loving friend.) Not just the Travelling Nifty Fifty; there's currently an entire K1000 doing the rounds.

01-22-2017, 02:19 PM	#11
monochrome Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Working From Home Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 26,276	And an SV that has a shipping box lined with plywood, and dense foam with custom cuts for the camera, another lens, a light meter and instruction manual. Every so often someone refreshes the external shipping box.

01-22-2017, 02:26 PM	#12
Wild Mark Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Newcastle Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,954	Originally posted by photoptimist A "Correspondence" camera is WTF! Definition Correspondence camera: A camera complete with used film tied to the leg of a carrier pigeon used for communicating images afar. An old communication technique now superseded by email.

01-22-2017, 03:05 PM - 1 Like	#13
monochrome Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Working From Home Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 26,276	Is that like correspondence in a divorce case?

01-22-2017, 03:39 PM - 1 Like	#14
clickclick Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: May 2016 Location: East Coast Posts: 2,903	think he's inhaled too many solvent fumes cleaning off old finishes....

01-22-2017, 04:24 PM - 1 Like	#15
Topsy Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 625	Originally posted by stevebrot Dang...that is a lot of self-timer wear!!! Steve WE do live in the selfie age after all. Well, I guess that's one way to try and get some cash out of scratched up bodies.. Asking for that much though is a bit daft. It'd also look slightly better if the "customiser" would learn how to use sandpaper properly. It looks like he used just one grit! I do admit that I find natural 'weathering' can look really cool as if shows signs of some history.