Price check on some film bodies and lenses

I've collected a couple of bodies and lenses in order to get together a little film setup, I have here a very tidy working Pentax Spotmatic F in silver, Honeywell ESII in black and range of lenses. I want to thin down to one camera and no duplicate lenses so ideas on prices then I'll decide what I'm selling:

Ashai Pentax Spotmatic F generally good nick with a dink on the base plate, All seems to work fine and exposure is pretty accurate.

Honeywell Pentax ESII is black, I would say its as close to mint as a used camera of this age gets. all seems to work fine but I've not finished running a film through it yet.

Super Takumar 35mm f3.5 lens in very good condition

SMC Takumar 35mm f3.5 lens in VERY good condition

super takumar 50mm f1.4 lens in reasonable condition slightly yellow and a tiny mark on the rear element (mark does not show up on pics)

SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4 lens later type with 8-blade aperture and rubber grip, very good condition with a tiny mark on the rear element (mark does not show up on pics)

SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4 as above but perfect optics

SMC Takumar 135mm f3.5 with hood and pentax UV filter, VERY tidy with clean optics.

one camera has original strap and case, the other a k1000 case.

I intend keeping one body and a 35mm 2X50mm and probably the 135mm lens, just want a rough idea of prices to see which I'm keeping.

Thanks.

Bodies can vary a lot depending on condition - anything between £20-80 would seem reasonable. The F is slightly more desireable but black cameras (any model) tend to fetch more money, which evens things up. Say about £50-60 each.

SMC Takumars fetch more than Super-Takumars as a rule (see exception below) so I'd say £50 for your SMCT35 and £40 for your S-T35.

The exception mentioned above is for the early version Super-Takumar 50/1.4 (identified by a protruding rear element and the position of the IR mark) which has 8 elements instead of 7 and is quite a bit rarer than the later types. Most Super-Takumars are 7 element as are *all* SMC Takumars.

I'd say around £80-90 for an early Super-Takumar 50/1.4, £40-50 for a later Super-Takumar 50/1.4 and £50-70 for a SMC Takumar 50/1.4. Knock £5-10 off for marks, even if they don't show in pictures.

Finally I'd say around £30-40 for the SMC Takumar 135.

These are all the sorts of prices you might expect on eBay, knock 10% off if selling here (which you'll more than make back by not paying eBay fees). Hope that helps!

I would be inclined to sell the two Super Takumars and keep the SMC ones, if you really have to thin the collection. Remember that they will support open-aperture metering with the ES II and Spotmatic F.

I did think the black ES II was rarer, but apparently this was the standard colour for the body with the silver one being more unusual. Still keeping my eyes open on ebay for a dead one as mine could do with a battery door and a pair of strap triangles, it also seems to have a bent rewind crank.

Talking of ES IIs, how is the metering supposed to work in manual mode? I can get mine to give sensible readings in Auto (using either stop-down or open aperture metering) but switching to the manual shutter speeds seems to turn the meter off. Any ideas?

With the ES you cannot meter in manual mode. I guess the ESII is the same? I love my ES -- dunno why as it isn't the easiest camera to use but there is just 'something' about it I love -- and have been half-heartedly looking for an ESII.

K.

Sad to say I was leaning to that conclusion. Mine awaits a cheap SMC Tak 55mm f1.8 (they must exist - I had a very nice Pentax-F 80-200mm for a tenner last week which is perfect now I've wiped a bit of mould off the back of the front element).

At present the only M42 lenses I own are an SMC Tak 135mm f3.5 and a Super Tak 35mm f3.5, the former being bought as it would fit the ES II while the latter came attached to a rather nice KM. The 35mm would be ok for a film test but persuading the meter to activate in stop-down mode is a bit of a pain, I suspect dirty contacts as it works if you half press the shutter and then click the stop-down switch up and down a few times.

Dangermouse: if you want some strap triangles I have a pair here and if the rewind crank is the same as the SpotF I have one of those spare too I bought a 'clean and tidy spares of repair' spot F but on strip down there were quite a lot of bits missing and the lens was riddled with fungus (oh the joy of ebay).

I will probably sell the Spot F with super tak 35 and 50mm lenses, keep the rest for myself. I was hoping to get about £135 for that lot ideally the 35mm lens is spotless and the 50mm pretty damn good.

Hmmm, no strap triangles, they were missing also, but I reckon the rewind crank is the same if you want it.

I have loads of strap triangles. A PM will get anyone a pair.