Gold Spotmatic
Posted 09/01/2012 - 21:40
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When's the closing date for the compo, John??
Posted 09/01/2012 - 21:46
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I should think that by this time, it's in camera Heaven, having done numerous good deeds here on earth in its lifetime. I daresay St Peter, or even God Himself have it strapped around their neck, taking numerous photos of fluffy white clouds, and possibly a few angels posing with their harps too!!
Posted 09/01/2012 - 21:59
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Mike-P wrote:
Probably stuck unused in some collection somewhere.
I'll have a search through mine. These things can so easily be forgotten or overlooked.Probably stuck unused in some collection somewhere.
G
Keywords: Charming, polite, and generally agreeable.
Posted 09/01/2012 - 22:39
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Wherever it is, I hope it's in a sealed box where nobody can see how ugly it is.
Pentax hybrid user - Digital K3, film 645 and 35mm SLR and Pentax (&other) lenses adapted to Fuji X and Panasonic L digital
Fan of DA limited and old manual lenses
Fan of DA limited and old manual lenses
Posted 09/01/2012 - 22:42
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Jonathan-Mac wrote:
Wherever it is, I hope it's in a sealed box where nobody can see how ugly it is.
Jonathan - perhaps in its day it was the original "sex-machine"..!! LOL!!
Wherever it is, I hope it's in a sealed box where nobody can see how ugly it is.
Posted 10/01/2012 - 09:09
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Same year that I purchased my spotmatic, maybe I should have a scrape at the alloy to see if it is gold underneath.
No, its alloy through and through, but it was/is a true gold performer though, sorry that was a bit cheesy.
Take care.
No, its alloy through and through, but it was/is a true gold performer though, sorry that was a bit cheesy.
Take care.
Chris R.
I. El. (Eng). (Rtd).
I. El. (Eng). (Rtd).
Posted 10/01/2012 - 16:56
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Almost as ugly as the gold LX with snakeskin leathers...
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
Posted 10/01/2012 - 17:23
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Society photographers used to sometimes use gold plated cameras, or Platinum plated ones, to impress their clientele.
Unfortunately I have to rely on results speaking for themselves...
Unfortunately I have to rely on results speaking for themselves...
Best regards, John
Posted 10/01/2012 - 19:42
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I have it!
The magazine that is.
The magazine that is.
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 17/01/2012 - 20:27
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I remember going in for that Competition -- I had a black Spotmatic at the time I later gave to a girl friend who broke my heart by going off with a divorced Policeman -- they live down the road from me here now and she sends a Christmas card ! Then I got Wife No. 2 to whom I gave an MX and she went off with the Vice-Chairman of Barking Photographic Society and took the MX ,a 120mm f2.8 SMC-Pentax-M and Sigma 400mm f5.6 -- now wife No. 3 is NOT British origin-- she is Filipina and I got her a NIKON !!!
Been a member of Pentax Club since the Ron Spillman era! Got COMPUTERISED at last - DIGITISED?
Taken the PLUNGE - BUT FILM STILL RULES !!!
Taken the PLUNGE - BUT FILM STILL RULES !!!
Posted 17/01/2012 - 21:56
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Peter Elgar wrote:
I remember going in for that Competition -- I had a black Spotmatic at the time I later gave to a girl friend who broke my heart by going off with a divorced Policeman -- they live down the road from me here now and she sends a Christmas card ! Then I got Wife No. 2 to whom I gave an MX and she went off with the Vice-Chairman of Barking Photographic Society and took the MX ,a 120mm f2.8 SMC-Pentax-M and Sigma 400mm f5.6 -- now wife No. 3 is NOT British origin-- she is Filipina and I got her a NIKON !!!
Peter - I spot a pattern here, bud!!. Stop giving cameras to the babes!!.. Flowers and a box of chocs is de rigeur, mate!!
I remember going in for that Competition -- I had a black Spotmatic at the time I later gave to a girl friend who broke my heart by going off with a divorced Policeman -- they live down the road from me here now and she sends a Christmas card ! Then I got Wife No. 2 to whom I gave an MX and she went off with the Vice-Chairman of Barking Photographic Society and took the MX ,a 120mm f2.8 SMC-Pentax-M and Sigma 400mm f5.6 -- now wife No. 3 is NOT British origin-- she is Filipina and I got her a NIKON !!!
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