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Simon_Leung 3T WIS 
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I was 18, when my dad bought me my first 35mm camera. A Pentax Spotmatic F with the original leather Case. The standard lens was the Super-Multi Coated Takumar 50mm f1.4. Coincidentally, this was also my dad's first camera and many of my baby pictures were taken with it, back in 1970-73. I am proud to say,that I still have this camera twenty-one years later. Since then I've added the Takumar 135mm f3.5 portrait lens in 1992. The camera is in pristine condition and it looks like it just came out of the factory. Both lenses have protection filters on them. The camera was purchased on Sun. Nov. 18,1988. My current camera is a 2002 Olympus C-720 Ultra Zoom 3 Megapixel Camera. Which I've posted my watches with. If it ain't broke,why fix it. Thanks Dad for 21 years of photographic enjoyment. I still shoot film from time to time,but not that often,due to costs. Cheers, Simon Attachment: 1971 Pentax Spotmatic F.jpg.jpg (Downloaded 23 times) Last edited on Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 04:26 am by Simon_Leung |
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Alternative View: Attachment: 1971 Pentax Spotmatic F.jpg 002.jpg (Downloaded 23 times) |
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Another View: Attachment: 1971 Pentax Spotmatic F.jpg 001.jpg (Downloaded 23 times) |
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Camera inside the case minus the 135mm lens: Attachment: 1971 Pentax Spotmatic F.jpg 006.jpg (Downloaded 23 times) Last edited on Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 03:49 am by Simon_Leung |
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The shutter curtain: Attachment: 1971 Pentax Spotmatic F.jpg 012.jpg (Downloaded 23 times) Last edited on Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 04:03 am by Simon_Leung |
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The Pressure Plate: Attachment: 1971 Pentax Spotmatic F.jpg 013.jpg (Downloaded 23 times) Last edited on Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 04:03 am by Simon_Leung |
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The underside of the camera: Attachment: 1971 Pentax Spotmatic F.jpg 011.jpg (Downloaded 23 times) Last edited on Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 03:59 am by Simon_Leung |
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The Back of The Camera: Attachment: 1971 Pentax Spotmatic F.jpg 015.jpg (Downloaded 23 times) |
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I had difficulty with focusing from the 1.5 inch LCD Screen of the Olympus 3MP digital camera. Therefore, I had to delete each image that I've downloaded. That would explain all the editing. Simon Last edited on Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 04:26 am by Simon_Leung |
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Graham 3T WIS 
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My first SLR was a Pentax Spotmatic 500. I loved that camera, and even did some paid photography as a student with it. I just found the screw down lenses quite cumbersome, |
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One aspect about the Pentax at the time, was that it was much lighter to carry around than the Nikon F and F2. |
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I've realized that I've made a mistake...the camera should have read "Pentax Spotmatic II." This would have been correct for the years of 1970-1973. The Spotmatic F didn't appear until 1973-1975. Sorry to all the Pentax aficionados out there. -Simon |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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I think my Dad had one of those. I had a Pentax K1000 for 3 weeks. While in the Navy I bought one in Hong Kong and then the next port we hit Singapore it was stolen. Did not bother with getting another camera for years. |
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My first SLR was a sturdy Yashica which was followed by the Canon A1. It gave a couple of years of fun until I started moving up to the Nikon F2 Photomics with MD12 motordrives and about 4 tons of lenses, filters, tripods, flashguns, battery packs and all that a gadget freak would dream of. My back-ups were the Nikon FM2, of which I carried around 3 and all with motordrives. Then I also snagged a Nikonos. So I guess I was the weirdest shutterbug on the block with all of those . They're all gone now and I just kept myself a mint condition FM2 as a memento to the past. Simon, thanks for bringing this up. |
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Simon_Leung 3T WIS
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You're welcome,Jeff. I'm non judgmental therefore, I can't really say that about being a shutterbug. The Nikon F2 was the most versatile camera that the company ever put on the market. This camera had 3 motordrives in it's lifetime. The MD-1,MD-2 and the later MD-3. There were 2 battery packs the MB-1 (Holds 12 AA) and MB-2 (NiCad). The MD-2 had a Single or Continuous frame for shooting,were as both the MD-1 and MD-3 didn't have this mode. (Needs to be confirmed). Cheers, Simon Last edited on Fri Sep 4th, 2009 02:27 am by Simon_Leung |
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The internal chassis of the Pentax K series, were the same as those found on the Spotmatic series. When the M-42 thread mount were being phased out, Pentax simply re-used the old chassis on the newer K-mount cameras. Cheers, Simon |
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