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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 11-28-2022, 12:25 PM  
Half-frame Pentax Spotmatic SP1000, any info on these cameras?
Posted By bottlegardener
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It certainly feels weird to hold it sideways for landscape. It came with a standard SMC Takumar 55mm f1.8.

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That's a great idea. How did you figure out how far to advance?
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 11-28-2022, 12:22 PM  
Half-frame Pentax Spotmatic SP1000, any info on these cameras?
Posted By bottlegardener
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The focus works as normal, the half-frame focal plane mask is at the same height as the normal rails. The viewfinder mask was modified to show the half frame. I'm not sure if there were any changes to the metering.

To the best of my knowledge, this camera came stock with centre-weighted metering so I reckon, left alone, it would be a sort of quasi-average metering that de-emphasizes the top and bottom of the frame.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 11-27-2022, 06:12 PM  
Half-frame Pentax Spotmatic SP1000, any info on these cameras?
Posted By bottlegardener
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Hi all,

I bought an as-is Spotmatic SP1000 and I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it's a half-frame version.

I have no idea if this is a factory or aftermarket modification (tho it does have a 1979 factory service sticker). If it were a camera repair person who modified this camera, it's a pretty elaborate job: the modified viewfinder mask is very clean and gearing modification to get it to advance the correct amount feels very smooth (and I've confirmed it's accurate).

If anyone has any information on this camera, I'd love to hear it. I won't be able to shoot a roll until I service it (capping at speeds > 1/250) but I'm eager to see the results.

Excuse the lousy the phone photos:
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