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GrahamNR17
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 Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:53 am Post subject: Pentax SV |
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GrahamNR17 wrote:
Having now got my hands on another Pentax SV after too many years without one, it beats the crap out of me why they weren't rated higher than a Leica* 
Leica* SLRs feel like holding a concrete brick, but holding a screw-mount Pentax you really know you are holding a beautifully engineered and superbly designed scientific instrument.
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* I would not say the same about Leica rangefinders, which I find delightful to use... from distant memory  |
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Mos6502
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I don't know about the SV, but the fit and finish of the H3 I had easily rivaled that of contemporary Leicas... Every panel fit together perfectly. Not even the slightest hint of misalignment anywhere. Since Exakta's quality had already taken a dive by 1960, I wouldn't hesitate to say the early the Pentax cameras were the best finished SLRs of their era.
The spotmatic seems rather average in comparison. Pretty good, but not great - so on level with basically the rest of the Japanese SLRs at that time.
Also I thought Leica's SLRs weren't particularly well regarded? Quality aside, the Leicaflex is a weird camera... |
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kuuan
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DigiChromeEd
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
The SV is one of my favourite Pentax cameras. This one used to belong to Sir Harry Secombe which I bought at an auction of some of his belongings after his death.
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Nesster
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Nesster wrote:
Oh man, yes. Pentaxforums has a sightseeing SV - I added a Super Tak 28/3.5 to the package - that I'm due to get another turn with sometime this fall I hope... beautiful camera, and agile.
AOCO by Nesster, on Flickr
Asahi SV exposure dial by Nesster, on Flickr
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luisalegria
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luisalegria wrote:
Some very pretty ones here !
I don't agree with the fit and finish comment on the Spotmatics.
My old SV is nearly identical in this regard to my Spotmatics. There are very slight differences in detail. The biggest difference with the SV is that its slightly smaller - you have to put them up beside each other to tell though. This is all quite subjective of course.
The Spotmatics of the 1960's were a cut above the Ricoh's and Yashicas (and arguably the Mamiyas) of the time, in fit and finish, but I think quite in line with the Nikon (including the Nikkormat), Canon's and Minolta SRT's.
What all the Pentax cameras had that most of the rest didn't, in those days, was clean and simple design. Of course, the Pentax cameras were by comparison short of some features.
What I always missed - and I've had my SV and Spotmatic for more than 30 years - is a split image screen. And because these are very simple cameras this is not easy to provide.
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Excalibur
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Excalibur wrote:
To sort out the pensioners.........How many can remember the Pentax advertisement "just hold a Pentax" 
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GrahamNR17
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GrahamNR17 wrote:
Seeing photos of other SV bodies has convinced me - the SV is the camera equivalent of porn
Mine has the clip-on meter, but different to the one above. I need to track down a battery for it to see if it works.
Please excuse the crappy phone camera images 
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DigiChromeEd
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
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| To sort out the pensioners.........How many can remember the Pentax advertisement "just hold a Pentax" |
Sorry, well before my time!!!
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GrahamNR17
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GrahamNR17 wrote:
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| To sort out the pensioners.........How many can remember the Pentax advertisement "just hold a Pentax" |
I still have the ad
From the BJP annual, 1971:
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Excalibur
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Excalibur wrote:
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| To sort out the pensioners.........How many can remember the Pentax advertisement "just hold a Pentax" |
I still have the ad
From the BJP annual, 1971:
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Well I bought my S3 new, so I've put my hand up
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Nesster
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| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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Nesster wrote:
...two more versions of the HOLD 
1969 - Get the feel of a Honeywell Pentax by Nesster, on Flickr
Heiland Pentax / Futuramic II Strobonar by Nesster, on Flickr
...perhaps the Heiland ad has a bit of Miranda and Gowland in it
And, one of my favorite Pentax photos of all time, I believe George is holding a black SV:
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Riku
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Riku wrote:
Pentax is the Japanese Zeiss.
Pentax was a trademark that Zeiss sold to Asahi.
SMC and T coating were originally the same (developed together).
Pentax 28/2 and Zeiss (distagon) 28/2 were the same optical design.
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Wow, there's a 3D image if ever I saw one!
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Riku
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| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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Riku wrote:
AOCO=Asahi Optical co.
Pentax co.
Hoya co.
Now Ricoh?
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Big Dawg
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| To sort out the pensioners.........How many can remember the Pentax advertisement "just hold a Pentax" |
Hand raised! 
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Excalibur
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Excalibur wrote:
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| To sort out the pensioners.........How many can remember the Pentax advertisement "just hold a Pentax" |
Hand raised! |
I keep remembering (and keep using) the old word "pensioners" when it's changed now to "senior citizens"
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Big Dawg
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Big Dawg wrote:
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| To sort out the pensioners.........How many can remember the Pentax advertisement "just hold a Pentax" |
Hand raised! |
I keep remembering (and keep using) the old word "pensioners" when it's changed now to "senior citizens" |
Just old my friend...just old!
After the fourth great grandchild you give up your delusions of staying young.
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peterqd
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| After the fourth great grandchild you give up your delusions of staying young. |
Wow, that's fantastic BD! Very many congratulations.
We're just now waiting for our first grandchild, due in March. We'll probably be in our 90s before we have any great-grandchildren.
BTW, I'm old enough I suppose, but I don't remember those ads, although I do remember very well lusting after a Spotmatic!
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Big Dawg
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Big Dawg wrote:
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| After the fourth great grandchild you give up your delusions of staying young. |
Wow, that's fantastic BD! Very many congratulations.
We're just now waiting for our first grandchild, due in March. We'll probably be in our 90s before we have any great-grandchildren.
BTW, I'm old enough I suppose, but I don't remember those ads, although I do remember very well lusting after a Spotmatic! |
At that time I liked the Photography magazines but I was more likely to lust after the nude figure studies found there.
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womble
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womble wrote:
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"3D" wasn't quite the adjective I had in mind... 
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erkie
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erkie wrote:
I've just had mine CLA'd by Eric of pentax repair fame along with a new to me MX and ME and I've tried really hard to become a modern photographer and move up to the MX but alas my old hands still want and need the trusty old SV( mine is an H3v ) Everything is where it's supposed to be and nothing gets in the way. And I just cant believe how it looks and sounds after Eric's sevice. I guess 30 something years of use had crept up on the old girl more than I realized . The heck with having the meter in the camera for me
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GrahamNR17
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:09 am Post subject: |
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GrahamNR17 wrote:
Some cameras were just designed right  Two cameras are like that for me, the SV and the ME Super. I'd kill for a digital version of either |
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Excalibur
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Excalibur wrote:
Well I couldn't solve the problem of a light leak in my Petri SLR 35, so slid off the detachable flashgun holder from the viewfinder, then snipped off the electrical connection, and it fits perfectly onto my Pentax S3...erm but I doubt I'll use a flash with a syn speed of 1/30 sec and the bother of plugging in a wire
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peterqd
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peterqd wrote:
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| Some cameras were just designed right Two cameras are like that for me, the SV and the ME Super. I'd kill for a digital version of either |
We discussed this once before. I'd kill for some digital film!
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