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fish4570
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 Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:31 pm Post subject: Honeywell Pentax "H" marked spotmatic arrived toda |
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fish4570 wrote:
an sp1000 body marked with a Honeywell "H" on the viewfinder housing was shipped saturday and arrived today, exactly as described. already loaded with film and a spiratone 2.8/28 is mounted while i await arrived of a couple of normal primes ...
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Spotmatic
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| Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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Spotmatic wrote:
Indeed; this is a normal Spotmatic, with a Honeywell top plate.
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Pentax K-5 + Pentax 645 + Canon 5D + Bessa RF 10,5cm Heliar, and a 'little' bag full of MF lenses. The lens list is * here *.
My fast 80s: Asahi-Kogaku Takumar 83mm f/1.9 - Super-Takumar 85mm f/1.9 - FA 77mm f/1.8 Limited - Cyclop 85/1.5 (Helios-40 innards) - Komura 80mm f/1.8 - Meyer Görlitz Primoplan 7,5cm 1:1.9 - Carl Zeiss Jena 80mm f/1.8 Pancolar - Canon 85mm f/1.8 S.S.C. - Canon 85mm f/1.2 S.S.C. Aspherical |
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fish4570
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| Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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fish4570 wrote:
thank you, spot. it is marked Asahi Opt. Co. on the back of the top plate. hmmm ...
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fish4570
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fish4570 wrote:
just bought it. we'll see how it is ...
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martinsmith99
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martinsmith99 wrote:
Nice one! I have 2 Spotmatic SPiis and love them. I think I use them more than any other of my growing collection of film cameras.
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fish4570
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fish4570 wrote:
$30 including shipping.  hope i'm still smiling when it arrives. from a top-rated e-bay seller ...
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fish4570
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fish4570 wrote:
now i am looking for a normal or 35mm lens for it. willing to explore non-takumar lenses. not looking for fast glass, just something fun and inexpensive.
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kuuan
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kuuan wrote:
but f3.5/35mm and f1.8/55 Takumars may still be almost unbeatable price / performance wise ( though my first lens wouldbe the 1.4/50mm S-M-C Takumar )
or the 35mm Mir and the 58mm Helios 44,
great in M42 also Yashinons, Mamiyas..
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fish4570
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fish4570 wrote:
thanks, kuuan. i'm interested in the 35/3.5 and all of the tak normal primes. the pentacon 50 f1.8 on my praktica is ok-to-good. i've made a list of what i'm considering right now:
yashinon 50-ds f1.9
helios 44-2 58 f/2
super takumar 55 f/2
super tak 35 f.3.5
smc tak 55 f/1.8
asanuma (tokina?) 35/2.8
fujinon ebc 35 f1.9
mamiya-sekor 500 dtl with 50 f2 (i'm interested in the lens, but why not have another beater screw mount body to boot?)
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fish4570
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fish4570 wrote:
as you can see from the edited original post, the camera exactly as described and i've already made a few shots. slick little camera.
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