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| Posted: Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 03:18 am |
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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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| Posted: Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 03:39 am |
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Alternative View: Attachment: 1971 Pentax Spotmatic F.jpg 002.jpg (Downloaded 23 times)
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| Posted: Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 03:41 am |
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Another View: Attachment: 1971 Pentax Spotmatic F.jpg 001.jpg (Downloaded 23 times)
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| Posted: Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 03:45 am |
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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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| Posted: Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 03:53 am |
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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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| Posted: Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 03:58 am |
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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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| Posted: Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 03:58 am |
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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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| Posted: Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 04:06 am |
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The Back of The Camera: Attachment: 1971 Pentax Spotmatic F.jpg 015.jpg (Downloaded 23 times)
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| Posted: Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 04:11 am |
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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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| Posted: Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 07:45 am |
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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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| Posted: Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 11:28 am |
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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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| Posted: Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 01:44 pm |
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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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